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Short Term Effect of Post Surgical Treatment of Mirror Therapy of Phantom Limb Pain

NCT01913899 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2013-08-01

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Summary

The aim of the study is the measurement of the short term effect of post surgical mirror therapy concerning pain intensity and frequency of patients with upper or lower amputation in comparison to standard occupational or physical therapy. The hypothesis is that patients in the intervention group (mirror therapy) suffer significantly less from phantom limb pain and pain attacks within a follow-up period of 4-8 weeks.

Conditions

  • Phantom Limb Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Occupational/ physical therapy

OTHER

Mirror therapy

\- Intervention group: treatment sessions of 60 minutes with mirror therapy over a period of 14 days starting directly post surgical (24-48 hours)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung (DGUV)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ruhr University of Bochum

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Christoph Maier, Prof. Dr. · Ruhr University Bochum

  • Andreas Schwarzer, Dr. Dr. · Ruhr University of Bochum

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-04-30
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2014-03-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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