title: [Phantom limb pains].
abstract: With the radical experience of an amputation, the adaptation of body image is often incomplete. Some people experience phantom body perceptions, often painful and difficult to treat, after the amputation of a limb.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine physique et de réadaptation, hôpital Bellevue, CHU de Saint-Étienne, 25, boulevard Pasteur, 42055 Saint-Étienne cedex 2, France. Electronic address: pascal.giraux@univ-st-etienne.fr.
authors.forename: Pascal
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giraux
keywords: amputation; body image; caregiver; douleur fantôme; image corporelle; phantom pain; soignant