The Pathophysiology of Phantom Limb Pain

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201214.521How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Phantom limb pain, amputation, neurologic mechanisms

Abstract

In major cases after amputation, patients are reported to have painful sensation in missing limbs, what is known as phantom limb pain (PLP). Since the first record of PLP hundred years ago, thorough research has been conducted in order to figure out the pathophysiology of this mental disorder. Alterations associated with central nervous system, typically several degrees of plastic changes, are first used to explain PLP. Transformations in residual portion, the effect of peripheral nervous system, are also accounted. However, all the various theories result in controversies rather than provide a united and comprehensive explanation for PLP. By literature analysis, this paper discussed a few theories of PLP pathophysiology, articulating their ground-breaking perspectives and factors that are omitted, and also states that people should attach more importance to the exploration of the correlations of different theories.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yixuan Liu
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/16
TI  - The Pathophysiology of Phantom Limb Pain
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 3rd International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 343
EP  - 346
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201214.521
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201214.521
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