PHANTOM LIMB PAIN RELIEF BY CONTRALATERAL MYOFASCIAL INJECTION WITH LOCAL ANAESTHETIC IN A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY: PRELIMINARY RESULTS.
Roberto Casale, MD1, Francesco Ceccherelli, MD2, Alaa Abd Elaziz Mohamed Labeeb, MD,PhD1,3 and Gabriele E. M. Biella, MD, PhD4
1-Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Pain Rehabilitation Unit, “Salvatore Maugeri” Foundation, IRCCS Montescano, Pavia,
2-Department of Pharmacology and Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, 3-Department of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Unit, Menoufyia University, Menoufyia,Egypt 4-Institute of Bioimaging & Molecular Physiology, IBFM, National Research Council, Segrate, Milan, Italy
Objective: To ascertain the existence of contralateral painful muscle areas mirroring phantom pain and to evaluate the short-term effects of anaesthetic vs saline, injected contralaterally to control phantom and phantom limb pain.…