Kinect used to treat phantom limb syndrome

post from Ubergizmo on 09 February 2012 09:39:40 AM. © Ubergizmo

Kinect Phantom Limb Phantom limb, in case you didn’t know, is a syndrome that sometimes occurs after a limb is amputated but the mind of the patient still thinks that the limb is attached. This can lead to very painful and frustrating experiences and requires therapy to get over. Normally it is done with a Ramachandran Mirror Box: patients place their hand in one side of the box and the arm stump on the other side. When the patient looks at the box with the good hand, his/her brain is tricked into thinking that the amputated hand is still there.
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