Short Term Effect of Post Surgical Treatment of Mirror Therapy of Phantom Limb Pain

Status

UNKNOWN

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01913899

Acronym

PPSS

Enrollment

Registered

2013-08-01

Start date

2013-04-30

Completion date

2014-03-31

Last updated

2013-08-01

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Conditions

Phantom Limb Pain

Keywords

phantom limb pain, mirror therapy, amputees, phantom limb, occupational therapy

Brief summary

The aim of the study is the measurement of the short term effect of post surgical mirror therapy concerning pain intensity and frequency of patients with upper or lower amputation in comparison to standard occupational or physical therapy. The hypothesis is that patients in the intervention group (mirror therapy) suffer significantly less from phantom limb pain and pain attacks within a follow-up period of 4-8 weeks.

Detailed description

Aim: * Measurement of the short term effect of post surgical/ post-operative mirror therapy concerning pain intensity of patients with upper or lower amputation in comparison to standard occupational/ physical therapy * Hypothesis: patients in the intervention group (mirror therapy) suffer from significant less phantom limb pain and a lower pain frequency within a follow-up period of 4-8 weeks Methods: * Design: multicenter, prospective, randomized controlled trial * Participants: 70, 35 per intervention and con-trol group * Intervention group: treatment sessions of 60 minutes with mirror therapy over a period of 14 days starting directly post surgical (24-48 hours) * Control group: receive treatment session of 60 minutes with the same treatment frequency over a period of 14 days * Measurement tools: Primary objectives * pain intensity (11 point NRS, phantom limb in-tensity) * pain frequency (amount of pain attacks) Secondary objectives * diary * daily assessment of mirror and physical thera-py sessions * analysis: * in significant differences between the groups a covariance analysis will be performed * comparison of medians

Interventions

OTHEROccupational/ physical therapy

OTHERMirror therapy

\- Intervention group: treatment sessions of 60 minutes with mirror therapy over a period of 14 days starting directly post surgical (24-48 hours)

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* major amputation of lower and upper body * phantom pain, or pain attacks in combination with a treatment wish * age of 18 years * signed informed consent * linguistic and cognitive comprehension

Exclusion criteria

* bilateral amputation * major neurologic comorbidities (stroke, Parkinson disease) * morbidities of the contralateral side with functional limitations * experience with long term standardised mirror therapy * internal comorbidities (pAVK) * psychological comorbidities

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Current pain intensity	after 14 treatment sessions	Current Pain intensity assessed by the Numeric Rating Scale (0-10)

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Frequence of pain attacks	after 14 treatment sessions	Total number of phantom limb pain attacks per day is documented

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Primary ContactAndreas Schwarzer, Dr. Dr.

andreas.schwarzer@rub.de0049-234-3023430

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026