Training with virtual XXXX .

@entity1 @entity5300 @entity20293 @entity158
BACKGROUND: Performing phantom movements with visual virtual feedback, or mirror therapy, is a promising treatment avenue to alleviate @entity20293 . However the effectiveness of this approach appears to vary from one @entity1 to another. OBJECTIVE: To assess the individual response to training with visual virtual feedback and to explore factors influencing the response to that approach. METHODS: Eight male @entity1 with @entity20293 ( @entity20293 ) resulting from either a traumatic upper limb amputation or a @entity5300 participated in this single case multiple baseline study. Training was performed 2 times per week for 8 weeks where a virtual image of a missing limb performing different movements was presented and the @entity1 was asked to follow the movements with his phantom limb. RESULTS: @entity1 reported an average 38% decrease in background @entity158 on a visual analog scale (VAS), with 5 @entity1 out of 8 reporting a reduction greater than 30%. This decrease in @entity158 was maintained at 4 weeks postintervention in 4 of the 5 @entity1 . No significant relationship was found between the long-term @entity158 relief and the duration of the deafferentation or with the immediate @entity158 relief during exposure to the feedback. CONCLUSIONS: These results support the use of training with virtual feedback to alleviate @entity20293 . Our observations suggest that between- @entity1 differences in the effectiveness of the treatment might be related more to a difference in the susceptibility to the virtual visual feedback, than to factors related to the lesion, such as the duration of the deafferentation.
