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Targeted Muscle Reinnervation for Phantom Limb Pain

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Targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) not only reduces phantom limb pain by over 90% in many patients, but it also gives them a direct mental map to control bionic prosthetics as if they were their own limb.

Why this is interesting

Imagine losing a limb, yet feeling it ache or itch in places that no longer exist. Could rerouting your remaining nerves to unused muscles trick your brain into turning off that ghost pain?