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The effects of graded motor imagery and its components on phantom limb pain and disability in upper and lower limb amputees: a systematic review protocol

BACKGROUND: Phantom limb pain (PLP) is characterized by the anatomical shifting of neighbouring somatosensory and motor areas into a deafferented cortical area of the brain contralateral to the amputated limb. It has been shown that maladaptive neuroplasticity is positively correlated to the percept...

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Autores principales: Limakatso, Katleho, Corten, Lieselotte, Parker, Romy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5007706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27582042
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13643-016-0322-5