Amputation Prosthesis Use and Phantom Limb Pain

For the millions of patients adjusting to life with one or more missing limbs, adaptation involves an intricate network of physical, psychological, social, and existential factors. It is with this complex scenario in mind that Amputation, Prosthesis Use, and Phantom Limb Pain: An Interdisciplinary Perspective has been developed. Unlike other books that deal exclusively with one or another of these topics, this volume unites the three to return the experiential to what is often treated in the literaturenot only between patients and devices, but between healing professionals and their clients.Table of contentsChapter 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.