Effectiveness of Mirror Therapy in Patients With Amputations of Lower Limbs of Vascular Origin

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-08-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The aim of this study is to assess the efficacy of the mirror therapy on phantom pain for patients with amputation after vascular etiology. the secondary aim are to measure the impact of the mirror therapy on quality of life, sleep disorders, and predictive factors for effectiveness. the design is a prospective study, randomised, blindly evaluated, monocentric. There will be 2 groups: 1) rehabilitation and gabapentine; 2) rehabilitation and gabapentine + mirror therapy during the first 4 weeks. The assessment are going to be preformed at the inclusion day and then every 2 weeks during 8 weeks. the primary evaluation criterion will be the phantom pain measured on a VAS. the delay for inclusion is 18 months in order ton include 40 patients. The length of the study is 20 months.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Centre d'Investigation Clinique et Technologique 805
• Treatments: Analgesics; Gabapentin; gamma-Aminobutyric Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient over 18 years of age who signed the memorandum.

• Patient hospitalized in the service for setting up equipment.

• In the aftermath of a major amputation of the lower limb, of vascular origin.

• Patients with phantom pain greater than or equal to 30 Visual Analog Evaluation (EVA); Whether pharmacologically or not.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal to participate in the study.

• Presence of cognitive or psychiatric disorders that compromise the realization of mirror therapy.

• Presence of neurological, rheumatological or orthopedic disorders that may prevent movement of the unaffected limb.