ABSTRACT
El descubrimiento de las neuronas espejo da una perspectiva nueva a la rehabilitación neurológica: se postula que la activación de las neuronas espejo en el hemisferio contralateral a una extremidad amputada reduce la actividad de los sistemas que perciben el dolor protopático y permite la reorganización de la corteza somatosensorial. Esta hipótesis abre la posibilidad de considerar el tratamiento espejo no solo como técnica analgésica, sino también como instrumento para una rehabilitación funcional integral en pacientes geriátricos con amputación de miembro inferior. Presentamos los resultados de la aplicación de dicho tratamiento a 3 pacientes ancianos con dolor de miembro fantasma tras la amputación reciente de una pierna(AU)
The clinical use of mirror visual feedback was initially introduced to alleviate phantom pain by restoring motor function through plastic changes in the human primary motor cortex. It is a promising novel technique that gives a new perspective to neurological rehabilitation. Using this therapy, the mirror neuron system is activated and decrease the activity of those systems that perceive protopathic pain, making somatosensory cortex reorganization possible. This paper reports the results of the mirror therapy in three patients with phantom limb pain after recent lower limb amputation, showing its analgesic effects and its benefits as a comprehensive rehabilitation instrument for lower limb amputee geriatric patients(AU)
Subject(s)
Humans , Male , Female , Middle Aged , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Phantom Limb/therapy , Amputation, Surgical/psychology , Amputation, Traumatic/psychology , Pain/psychology , Analgesia/trends , Phantom Limb/epidemiology , Phantom Limb/psychology , Somatosensory Cortex/physiologyABSTRACT
The clinical use of mirror visual feedback was initially introduced to alleviate phantom pain by restoring motor function through plastic changes in the human primary motor cortex. It is a promising novel technique that gives a new perspective to neurological rehabilitation. Using this therapy, the mirror neuron system is activated and decrease the activity of those systems that perceive protopathic pain, making somatosensory cortex reorganization possible. This paper reports the results of the mirror therapy in three patients with phantom limb pain after recent lower limb amputation, showing its analgesic effects and its benefits as a comprehensive rehabilitation instrument for lower limb amputee geriatric patients.
