Reliability and Validity of Outcome Measures for Phantom Limb Pain

Launched by TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY · Jul 16, 2018

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Age: ≥ 18 years At least six months post amputation (date of surgery) The amputation must be above wrist/ankle. Are currently experiencing PLP which has persisted for at least 3 months or more They rate their PLP as ≥3 on a 0-10 scale on at least 2 days in the preceding week Concomitant medications;
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Participating in any research trial of any intervention hypothesised to affect PLP.
• • Currently under-going active prosthetic rehabilitation e.g. walking training sessions or upper limb rehabilitation sessions.
• • Any current non-prescribed substance dependency An inability to understand and follow basic instructions - both the two-point discrimination test and left/right limb judgement task requires the participant to follow basic/simple instructions.
• • Any person, otherwise eligible, who commences any treatment for PLP (physical or pharmacological, prescribed or non-prescribed) will be withdrawn from the study.