Involuntary movements of pelvic stump

Although involuntary movements of stumps are less frequent than phantom sensation or other neurological sequelae of limb amputation, they represent a phenomenon that has been known for many years. The pathophysiology remains unknown, but it seems to be related to damage to the peripheral nervous sys...

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Autores principales: García‐Cabo Fernández, Carmen, Martínez‐Rodríguez, Laura, Oliva‐Nacarino, Pedro, de la Tassa, Germán Morís
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412755/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28469867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.909
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author García‐Cabo Fernández, Carmen
Martínez‐Rodríguez, Laura
Oliva‐Nacarino, Pedro
de la Tassa, Germán Morís
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description Although involuntary movements of stumps are less frequent than phantom sensation or other neurological sequelae of limb amputation, they represent a phenomenon that has been known for many years. The pathophysiology remains unknown, but it seems to be related to damage to the peripheral nervous system. Treatment is not standardized, but antimyoclonic drugs seem to be useful.
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spelling pubmed-54127552017-05-03 Involuntary movements of pelvic stump García‐Cabo Fernández, Carmen Martínez‐Rodríguez, Laura Oliva‐Nacarino, Pedro de la Tassa, Germán Morís Clin Case Rep Case Reports Although involuntary movements of stumps are less frequent than phantom sensation or other neurological sequelae of limb amputation, they represent a phenomenon that has been known for many years. The pathophysiology remains unknown, but it seems to be related to damage to the peripheral nervous system. Treatment is not standardized, but antimyoclonic drugs seem to be useful. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-03-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5412755/ /pubmed/28469867 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.909 Text en © 2017 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412755/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.909
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