“My Hand Is Different”: Altered Body Perception in Stroke Survivors with Chronic Pain

A handy lesson about pain and the brain in strokesurvivors

]. That body perception disturbance is more common in those who experience pain post-stroke may indicate that such a relationship could be particularly relevant for stroke survivors with chronic pain.We found that presence of altered body perception of hand size was more common in individuals with stroke who experienced chronic pain than it was in those who did not. Changes in body perception were further highlighted when the region of pain included the hand.

Please score your pain level out of 10 on the chart below, where 0=no pain, and 10=worst pain imaginableFeigin, V.L.; Norrving, B.; Mensah, G.A. Global Burden of Stroke.

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