[AMP-L] Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR)

[Wayne Renardson]

via TMR Nerve: 

Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR)

While a number of therapies exist to manage post-amputation pain, 
Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) is a surgical treatment that is 
gaining acceptance for nerve pain associated with amputation. In TMR, 
painful conditions may resolve when amputated nerves are reconnected 
to nearby nerves and eventually muscle targets. If you think about 
nerves as electrical wiring, TMR helps to complete the "circuit" by 
reconnecting the "live wire."  

TMR was pioneered in 2002 by Dr. Todd Kuiken and Dr. Gregory Dumanian 
at Northwestern University. The procedure was originally developed to 
help amputees control their upper limb prosthetics using natural 
muscle movement. Throughout their research, Drs. Kuiken and Dumanian 
observed an additional, unexpected benefit of TMR surgery in  
amputees, namely reduced neuroma and phantom limb pain.1