Virtual Reality Treatment for Phantom Limb Pain

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Conditions studied: Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury), Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury), Phantom Limb Pain

In brief

Patients with limb amputations experience the sensation of the missing extremity, which is sometimes coupled with a persistent and debilitating pain in the missing limb, a condition known as phantom limb pain (PLP). This study will test the use of virtual reality (VR) training as a possible treatment of PLP.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03338842

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

14

Starts

2018-01-12

Expected to finish

2019-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-06-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects will have undergone amputation of one leg (either above or below the knee) at least 4 months before the enrollment in the study;
• Will have chronic pain in the phantom limb:

You may not qualify if…

• History of stroke or traumatic brain injury;
• Major active psychiatric illness that may interfere with required study procedures or treatments as determined by the PI on the study, who is a behavioral neurologist;
• Subjects with major medical illness that would be expected to interfere with their ability to complete the study will be excluded.
• Subjects with implanted electronic devices.

Where it is running

• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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