Treating Lower Phantom Limb Pain in the Postoperative Acute Care Setting Using Virtual Reality: Protocol for a 4-Phase Development and Feasibility Trial

Renée El-Gabalawy   ^{1, 2, 3, 4, 5} , PhD ;   Megan Crooks   ³ , BSc ;   Michael Sean Dyck Smith   ⁶ , MSci ;   Elizabeth Hammond   ⁷ , PhD ;   Patrick Gross   ⁸ , MPT ;   Marinya Roznik   ¹ , MD ;   David Perrin   ⁹ , MD ;   Kristin Reynolds   ³ , PhD ;   Gabrielle Logan   ¹ , MSc ;   Lily Pankratz   ³ , MA ;   Hilary Johnson   ¹ , MPT ;   Linda Girling   ¹ , BSc ;   Daniel Wiebe   ⁶ , BSc

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

² Department of Clinical Health Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

³ Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁵ CancerCare Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁶ National Research Council, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁷ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁸ Shared Health Inc, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

⁹ Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada