Systematic Changes in Body Image Following Formation of Phantom Limbs

• Main Author: Inui, Nobuyuki (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Biology,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.

This book presents new findings on body image and also introduces new neuroscience-based methods for the fields of neurology and neurorehabilitation. Even when the hand is stationary we know its position – information that is needed by the brain to plan movements. If the sensory input from a limb is...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1 Introduction.-Chapter 2 Formation of phantom limbs following ischemic nerve block
• Chapter 3 A new type of hand–object illusion
• Chapter 4 Visual and proprioceptive adaptation of arm position in a virtual environment
• Chapter 5 Conclusion
• Acknowledgement.