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phantom: a standalone construct

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phantom1 CONSTRUCTPhantom limbPHANTOM LIMB

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Neurology

Sensation felt in a limb that is no longer there

In neurology, a phantom limb is the vivid sensation that an amputated limb is still present, often including position, movement, and pain, arising from reorganisation and persistent representation in the somatosensory system. Ramachandran and Hirstein's The perception of phantom limbs reviews the percept and the cortical remapping behind it. The referent is a perceptual phenomenon in a person after limb loss, sharing only the word with an imaging test object or an audio supply voltage.[1]

Unit
The felt presence, position, movement, or pain of an absent limb
Recovery means
Phantom sensations often fade over time, and therapies such as mirror visual feedback can reduce phantom limb pain; the percept is not necessarily permanent
Measured by
Assessed through patient report of phantom sensation and pain, telescoping, and response to interventions such as mirror therapy

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References

  1. Ramachandran, V. S., & Hirstein, W. (1998). The perception of phantom limbs: The D. O. Hebb lecture. Brain, 121(9), 1603–1630. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/121.9.1603

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