Amputees who suffer from phantom-limb pain could get some relief, thanks to a potential new experimental treatment involving virtual reality. One man who suffered severe phantom pain for 48 years ...

Swedish researchers created an augmented reality system in which myoelectric electrodes on an amputee patient's stump indicated his attempted muscle movements for the missing arm, and an arm image on ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A Haysville science teacher is about to become an experiment herself. Sondra Stieber’s forearm, which had to be amputated last year, will be replaced by a robotic arm she’ll ...

Don't look now, but a computer game just might be the perfect tool to manage certain kinds of pain. An amputee who has suffered pain for a very long time, and as a result, has not had a good night's ...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Edmund Rath, a 53-year-old from Austria, wants to do simple things such as brush his teeth and slice bread. Most people take such activities for granted but not Rath, who lost his ...

A new method for the treatment of phantom limb pain after an amputation has been developed. The method is based on a unique combination of several technologies, and has been initially tested on a ...

After a person has had an arm or leg amputated, they may still feel pain in the missing limb as if it is still there. This sensation, known as phantom limb pain, affects 70% of amputees. Now, a ...

Something is missing. Every amputee knows it, and it is more than the arm or leg they have lost. They can get replacements for those limbs: substitutes made from metal and plastic, controlled by ...

Amputees who suffer from phantom-limb pain could get some relief, thanks to a potential new experimental treatment involving virtual reality. One man who suffered severe phantom pain for 48 years ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A Haysville science teacher is about to become an experiment herself. Sondra Stieber’s forearm, which had to be amputated last year, will be replaced by a robotic arm she’ll ...