Amputation, Prosthesis Use, and Phantom Limb Pain

This is one of the few books to cover amputation, prosthesis use, and phantom limb pain together, as intricately related topics. It offers a broad appeal to a varied readership through innovative exploration of the entire process surrounding limb loss.

The first of four chapters presents a clinician's account of post amputation pain, stressing how this is temporally dependent, varying at different stages of the perioperative/postoperative period, with possibly more than one pain being present at any time. In considering the complex amalgam of pain contributors the author argues for a full biopsychosocial assessment to

Chapter 1: Developing Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Amputation, Prosthesis Use, and Phantom Limb Pain: An Introduction.- Part One: Providing and Monitoring the Use of Prostheses.- Chapter 2: Ethical and Medico-Legal Issues in the Supply and Withdrawal of Prostheses and Assistive Technology.- Chapter 3: Monitoring of Upper Limb Prosthesis Activity in Trans-Radial Amputees: A Feasibility Study .- Chapter 4: Achieving Good Prosthetic Fit and Alignment: Ethnographic Analysis of Interaction between Prostheticians and Amputees in America.- Part Two: The Experience and Meaning of Prosthesis Use.- Chapter 5: Adaptation to Amputation and Prosthesis Use.- Chapter 6: Beyond Stigma: Visibility and Self-Empowerment of Persons with Congenital Limb Deficiencies.- Chapter 7: Phenomenologies of Prosthesis Use.- Part Three: Postoperative Pain and New Treatments for Phantom Limb Pain.- Chapter 8: Post Amputation Chronic Pain Profile.- Chapter 9: Factors Associated with Phantom Limb Pain.- Chapter 10: Mental Imagery for the Relief of Phantom Limb Pain.- Chapter 11: Virtual Solutions to Phantom Problems: Using Immersive Virtual Reality to Manage Phantom Limb Pain.