Amputation, Prosthesis Use, and Phantom Limb Pain

1. Developing an Interdisciplinary Perspective on Amputation, Prosthesis Use, and Phantom Limb Pain: An Introduction
Craig D. Murray

2. Need-Directed Design of Prostheses and Enabling Resources
Elaine Biddiss

3. Ethical and Medico-Legal Issues in Amputee Prosthetic Rehabilitation
Jai Kulkarni

4. Monitoring of Upper Limb Prosthesis Activity in Trans-Radial Amputees
Mohammad Sobuh, Laurence Kenney, Phil Tresadern, Martin Twiste, Sibylle Thies

5. Adaptation to Amputation and Prosthesis Use
Elisabeth Schaffalitzky, Pamela Gallagher, Deirdre Desmond, Malcolm MacLachlan

6. Understanding Adjustment and Coping to Limb Loss and Absence through Phenomenologies of Prosthesis Use
Craig D. Murray

7. Return to Work After Amputation
Helena Burger

8. Gender, Sexuality and Prosthesis Use: Implications for Rehabilitation
Craig D. Murray

9. Post Amputation Chronic Pain Profile and Management
Jai Kulkarni, Kate Grady

10. Phantom Limb Pain; Prevalence, Mechanisms and Associated Factors
Cliff Richardson

11. Management of Phantom Limb Pain
Kate MacIver, Donna Lloyd

12. Virtual Solutions to Phantom Problems: Using Immersive Virtual Reality to Treat Phantom Limb Pain
Craig D. Murray, Stephen Pettifer, Toby Howard, Emma Patchick, Fabrice Caillette, Joanne Murray

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Rehabilitation Medicine, Health Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, Nursing