Annaswamy Thiru M, Bahirat Kanchan, Raval Gargi, Chung Yu Yen, Pham Tri, Prabhakaran Balakrishnan
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA.
Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital, Hummelstown, PA, USA.
Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2022 Oct 22;8(1):232. doi: 10.1186/s40814-022-01187-w.
To assess the clinical feasibility of a virtual mirror therapy system in a pilot sample of patients with phantom pain.
Our Mixed reality system for Managing Phantom Pain (Mr. MAPP) mirrors the preserved limb to visualize the amputated limb virtually and perform exercises. Seven patients with limb loss and phantom pain agreed to participate and received the system for 1-month home use. Outcome measures were collected at baseline and 1 month.
Four (of seven recruited) participants completed the study, which was temporarily suspended due to COVID-19 restrictions. At 1 month, in-game data showed a positive trend, but pain scores showed no clear trends. Functioning scores improved for 1 participant.
Mr. MAPP is feasible and has the potential to improve pain and function in patients with phantom pain.
Clinical Trials Registration, NCT04529083.
评估虚拟镜像治疗系统在幻肢痛患者试点样本中的临床可行性。
我们的用于管理幻肢痛的混合现实系统(Mr. MAPP)通过镜像保留的肢体来虚拟可视化截肢肢体并进行锻炼。七名肢体缺失且患有幻肢痛的患者同意参与并在家中使用该系统1个月。在基线和1个月时收集结果指标。
(招募的七名患者中)四名参与者完成了研究,该研究因新冠疫情限制而暂时中止。在1个月时,游戏内数据显示出积极趋势,但疼痛评分未显示出明显趋势。一名参与者的功能评分有所改善。
Mr. MAPP是可行的,并且有改善幻肢痛患者疼痛和功能的潜力。
临床试验注册,NCT04529083。