Mirror box therapy was initially developed by V. S. Ramachandran. The purpose of this new medical device was to try to reduce what was described as “phantom limb pain.” Mirror box therapy is defined ...

Veterans living with an amputation are getting a chance to use virtual reality in a way they likely had never imagined. A clinical trial of a therapy to alleviate phantom limb pain is underway at The ...

(Tribune News Service) — Every morning and night for one month, Dean Peterson donned virtual reality goggles to help him fall asleep. Once a heavy sleeper, he hadn’t slept well since he had his lower ...

SANTIAGO, Chile — Failure of mirror therapy to relieve phantom limb pain may often be the result of insufficient length of treatment. The more severe the pain, the longer the time required, a new ...