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Phantom limb pain
Phantom pains are called phantom pains because they occur in phantom limbs – limbs that have been amputated.
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Phantom limb
A phantom limb is still felt by the patient even though it has been amputated. The sensations are usually tingling or negative in nature, often in the form of pain.
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Body schema
The body schema is the dynamic representation of one's own body, which is based on proprioceptive, visual, and tactile information, but goes beyond it. Disorders such as phantom limb sensations after amputations show that the body schema can exist independently of current sensory inputs.
