—Researchers are uncovering the intricate networks of the peripheral and central nervous systems involved in phantom limb pain, and developing and testing promising treatments. Reviewed by Christopher ...

Many amputees sometimes feel like the limb they lost is still there. For reasons that aren’t fully understood, these phantom limbs are registered as extant limbs by the brain, and may lead to feelings ...

A team of researchers based in Italy and Switzerland discovered that amputees can feel temperature changes in their phantom limb. For instance, if there’s a heat source pressed to the residual limb, ...

Sharon describes the sensations she feels following the amputation of her lower leg ...

The term “phantom limb” is often thrown around to describe the subtle sensation of something felt but not seen, but few people realize how disorienting the syndrome can be. For more than half of all ...

It's easy for most of us to forget that sensation is all in the mind. Some amputees are reminded of it every day, however, experiencing unwelcome and unyielding feelings in parts of their body that no ...

Virtual Reality (VR) can relieve the sensation of phantom limb pain, report researchers. A new test shows that VR technology can trick the amputee’s brain into thinking that it is still in control of ...

A significant amount of research and development has gone into creating sophisticated prosthetic limbs and learning how to effectively control them. But a major challenge for controlling a prosthetic ...

FRIDAY, Nov. 30, 2018 -- Climbing enthusiast Jim Ewing lost his left foot in the aftermath of a 50-foot fall off a Cayman Islands cliff. But Ewing is scaling rock walls again with the aid of a robotic ...

An amputee receives mirror therapy. Source: Donna Miles/Air Force Photos By Alexander Metz Searching for Explanations In recent years, and particularly with the advent of things like neuroimaging, ...

After a limb amputation, brain areas responsible for movement and sensation alter their functional communication. This is the conclusion of a new study. The findings may help to understand why some ...

“R.N.” was 57 when she came to see Paul McGeoch and V.S. Ramachandran at the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California San Diego. She had a constant burning sensation in her right ...