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Comparative Analysis of Lower Back Pain and Phantom Pain in Unilateral Lower Limb Amputees: A Study on Amputee Football Players vs. Non-Athletes.

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Background: Recent therapeutic and technological solutions aim to improve the daily living of people with limb amputation by considering various aspects of the phantom limb, in particular painless phantom sensations (PS) and voluntary phantom movements (VPM).

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Materials And Methods: A systematic review was performed according to the PRISMA 2020 guidelines.

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