Status:
COMPLETED
Phantom Exercise for Lower Limb Amputees
Lead Sponsor:
Riphah International University
Conditions:
Lower Limb Amputation
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-50 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
In this research, the aim is to find out the effects of phantom exercises in terms of pain, mobility and quality of life among lower-limb amputees having phantom limb pain. This is a randomized contro...
Detailed Description
An amputation is a distressing event that will result in physical, psychological, and social consequences. The loss of limb means a huge impact, not only for the patient's body and the way he notices ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Unilateral lower limb amputation
- Phantom limb pain score (40-100 on VAS)
- Either gender
- Stable prosthetic situation (i.e. satisfaction with the fitting of the prosthesis) or being a non-user.
Exclusion
- Amputees with psychological/neurological impairments.
- Amputees having neuropathic pain other than phantom limb pain.
- Patients having visual-spatial impairments.
- Taking pain relief medications will also be excluded.
- Patients having residual limb pain.
- Inability to give informed consent.
- Carcinoma
- Infectious stump
- Severe hearing loss
- Any condition that restricts the movement of opposite limb, pain or limited range of motion in the intact limb
- Infectious and systematic diseases
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2020
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 30 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
24 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04285138
Start Date
July 1 2020
End Date
December 30 2020
Last Update
March 30 2021
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Riphah International University
Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan, 54000