Graded motor imagery and its phases for individuals with phantom limb pain following amputation: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Three-phase graded motor imagery (limb laterality, explicit motor imagery, and mirror therapy) has been successful in chronic pain populations. However, when applied to phantom limb pain, an amputation-related pain, investigations often use mirror therapy alone. We aimed to explore evidence for graded motor imagery and its phases to treat phantom limb pain.

Data sources

A scoping review was conducted following the JBI Manual of Synthesis and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews. Thirteen databases, registers, and websites were searched.

Review methods

Published works on any date prior to the search (August 2023) were included that involved one or more graded motor imagery phases for participants ages

SUBMITTER: Falbo KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10860367 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature