Nobuyuki Arai, MD, Manabu Yoshimura, MS, Sayako Yamamoto, MD, Hiromasa Abe, MD, Kozo Hanayama, MD
Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 12: 15-18, 2021
Introduction: We report a case in which chronic pain
was successfully relieved using a new simple body
image evaluation and body image manipulation based
on the evaluation results.
Case: The patient, a man in his 60s, accidentally
sustained a left ulnar trunk fracture and left hand
degloving injury at work. Occupational therapy for
approximately 2 years could not completely relieve
pain in the ring finger (allodynia), causing difficulty in
changing clothes and driving a car. Images of the left
and right ring fingers were compared and manipulated
using bandages to make the two images similar.
Allodynia was reduced (visual analog scale 10 cm ->
3.6 cm), and the ability to change clothes and drive a
car improved.
Discussion: The bandage presumably changed the
tactile and visual information inputs of size, weight,
length, thickness, and thickness and reconstructed the
perceptual-motor loop.
Key words: chronic pain, body image manipulation, body image evaluation, QOL