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Phantom Limb Syndrome

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anjana hariharan

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Phantom Limb Syndrome

Influencing Future Nursing Practice

  • We will advise our future workplaces to offer CAM therapies as an option for pain management
  • Disseminate findings
  • SPREAD THE KNOWLEDGE

THANK YOU

Disseminating Research Findings

Research Purpose

>Workshops

>Brochures

>Facebook page

>Word of mouth

>Walk for PLP

Need for Research

Journals

To gain a greater understanding of the experiences of amputees encountering phantom limb pain and which treatments they found effective.

  • There are nearly 2 million people living with limb loss in the United States
  • Phantom limb pain affects majortiy of amputees.
  • Improved treatment methods are needed

Causes of

Phantom Limb Pain

  • Exact cause unknown
  • Theories: peripheral & central
  • Cortical Remapping

Phantom Limb Pain (PLP)

Greetings!

Study Design

Treatments

  • Qualitative
  • Open-ended questionnaire

Group Members

  • Sensation of pain occurring in lost limb following amputation
  • Described as burning, twisting, throbbing, cramping, or stabbing.
  • Sporadic or continuous
  • Mildly or excruciatingly painful
  • Affects approximately 60-80% of amputees

  • Traditional
  • Complementary & Alternative Methods (CAM)

  • Anjana.H
  • Dikshitha
  • Vrushubh Bhatt

Ethical

Implications

Traditional Treatment

Complementary & Alternative Methods

  • Pharmaceuticals

  • Mirror Therapy
  • Acupuncture
  • TENS
  • IRB Approval
  • Confidentiality
  • Surgery

Pharmaceutical Treatments

Participants

  • Antidepressants
  • Anticonvulsants
  • Narcotics
  • Amputees experiencing phantom limb pain
  • 54% of amputations due to vascular disease (diabetes and peripheral artery disease)
  • 45% of amputations due to trauma
  • Amputees from both groups will be recruited for the study.

Surgical & Invasive Procedures

  • Brain stimulation
  • Stump revision or neurectomy
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