Phantom pain in lower limb amputees as a predictive factor for the acquisition oft gait with prosthesis use
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Phantom Pain, Amputees, GaitAbstract
The amputees' rehabilitation follows distinct phases: the patient's general assessment, preparation for the prosthetic use and prosthetic fitting. For all these phases to be successful, it is essential for the patient to be in good health, with no alterations that would impair the rehabilitation. Pathological signs and/or symptoms that persist over time are an impediment for a good rehabilitation evolution. The presence of persistent phantom pain impairs the amputee's rehabilitation, especially the gait acquisition with the prosthesis fitting. This is the hypothesis suggested in this literary review and its objective is to show the relationship between phantom pain and gait improvement with prosthesis use in lower limb amputees. After analyzing 11 studies selected from MEDLINE, LILACS and other electronic sources, we concluded that phantom pain tends to complicate the prosthesis gait improvement; however, if the prosthesis fitting is successful, it can minimize the painful phantom sensations.
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