Spinal zaps tested to ease phantom pain and improve artificial legs
NCT ID NCT04547582
Summary
This study tested whether sending mild electrical pulses to the spinal nerves could help people with a leg amputation. The goal was to see if this stimulation could reduce phantom limb pain (pain felt in the missing limb) and improve their ability to control a prosthetic leg. Four participants had a temporary device implanted for up to 90 days to measure pain changes and test prosthetic control with the added sensation.
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
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