Potential of Physical Analgesia in the Complex Rehabilitation of Patients with Stump Pain and Phantom Pain After Lower Limb Amputation (A Double-blind Randomised Controlled Trial of Efficacy of Deep Oscillation, Laser Therapy and Paravertebral Infiltrations) | Chapter 09 | Current Trends in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 3
Introduction: Most of amputees feel residual limb (stump) pain, phantom sensations and phantom pain. Our purpose was to remind the wide public of the impact of rehabilitation (including the modern physical modalities Deep Oscillation – DO and Laser therapy –L Th) in the pain management of amputees. According the medical definitions the amputation is ‘’the intentional surgical removal of a limb or body part; performed for the following reasons: to remove malignant tumors, after severe trauma, and to remove tissues without adequate blood supply, because of injury to the blood vessel, hardening of the arteries, arterial embolism, impaired circulation, repeated severe infection that leads to gangrene, severe frostbite, Raynaud's disease, or Buerger's disease’’. Aims: Comparative evaluation of drug, physical (including DO and LTh) ...