Effectivity of Motor Imagery and MirrorTherapy in Amputees

Effectivity of Differences Therapies on Central Nerve System for Pain, Phantom, Disability and Quality of Life in Amputees

This study evaluates the effectiveness of imagery motor on phantom pain and amputation process

The expected increase in the number of amputations in the coming decades requires special attention to the common effect after called phantom limb amputation. That term refers to the phenomena covering the sensations that occur in the affected limb and whose prevalence rate is an important part of amputees subjects. Developed theories about their origin focus their attention on the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system. Thus, the imaginary movement is a complex cognitive, sensory and proprioceptive process leading to a mental representation of movement and it is a widely used technique in neurological rehabilitation and complex pain syndrome.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Pain in the stump area ≥ 3 months, no intermittent
2. Have three months elapsed amputation,
3. Submit subjective sensation of phantom limb not blinking

Exclusion Criteria:

• Clinical signs of radiculopathy.
• Lumbar stenosis, fibromyalgia, spondylolisthesis.
• History of spinal surgery.
• Corticosteroid therapy in the past two weeks.
• Disease of the central nervous system or peripheral.