期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s12984-016-0161-6
关键词
Deafferentation pain; Phantom limb; Virtual reality; Tactile feedback; Bilaterality; Brachial plexus avulsion; Arm amputation
资金
- MEXT [24119002, 24119006]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24119002, 24119006] Funding Source: KAKEN
Background: Previous studies have tried to relieve deafferentation pain (DP) by using virtual reality rehabilitation systems. However, the effectiveness of multimodal sensory feedback was not validated. The objective of this study is to relieve DP by neurorehabilitation using a virtual reality system with multimodal sensory feedback and to validate the efficacy of tactile feedback on immediate pain reduction. Methods: We have developed a virtual reality rehabilitation system with multimodal sensory feedback and applied it to seven patients with DP caused by brachial plexus avulsion or arm amputation. The patients executed a reaching task using the virtual phantom limb manipulated by their real intact limb. The reaching task was conducted under two conditions: one with tactile feedback on the intact hand and one without. The pain intensity was evaluated through a questionnaire. Results: We found that the task with the tactile feedback reduced DP more (41.8 +/- 19.8 %) than the task without the tactile feedback (28.2 +/- 29.5 %), which was supported by a Wilcoxon signed-rank test result (p < 0.05). Conclusions: Overall, our findings indicate that the tactile feedback improves the immediate pain intensity through rehabilitation using our virtual reality system.
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