A novel mixed reality system to manage phantom pain in-home: results of a pilot clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Mirror therapy for phantom limb pain (PLP) is a well-accepted treatment method that allows participants to use a mirror to visually perceive the missing limb. Mixed reality options are now becoming increasingly available, but an in-home virtual mirror therapy option has yet to be adequately investigated.

Methods

We had previously developed a mixed reality system for Managing Phantom Pain (Mr. MAPP) that registers the intact limb and mirrors it onto the amputated limb with the system's visual field, allowing the user to engage with interactive games targeting different large lower limb movements. Feasibility and pilot outcomes of treating patients with lower extremity PLP by using Mr. MAPP at home for 1 month were evaluated in this study. Pain intensity and inter

SUBMITTER: Annapureddy D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10272374 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature