The Psychological Rehabilitation of the Amputee |
Contents
Chapter | 3 |
THE PHANTOMLIMB PHENOMENON | 109 |
PHANTOM PAIN AND ITS TREATMENT | 127 |
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ability able abnormal accept activities addition adjustment ampu amputee appears artificial limb attempt attitudes avoid become better body cause child clinic common congenital considered Crönholm deal depends difficulty disabled discussion distal early educational effective emotional especially existence expect experience extremity fact factors failure fear feel fitting foot frequently friends function give given hand important individuals knee lack less look loss lower lower limb means minor natural nerve neuroma never normal occur pain parents patient percent person phantom limb phantom sensation physical position possible present prior problems prosthesis prosthetic psychological putees questions rarely reactions reason referred rehabilitation rejection relate remaining reported severe sexual significant situation social society stimulation stump successful surgeon surgery tend term tient tion treatment upper usually vocational walking wearing