Caloric Vestibular Stimulation Reduces Pain and Somatoparaphrenia in a Severe Chronic Central Post-Stroke Pain Patient: A Case Study

Grazia Fernanda Spitoni; Giorgio Pireddu; Gaspare Galati; Valentina Sulpizio; Stefano Paolucci; Luigi Pizzamiglio

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0151213

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Caloric Vestibular Stimulation Reduces Pain and Somatoparaphrenia in a Severe Chronic Central Post-Stroke Pain Patient: A Case Study

Grazia Fernanda Spitoni ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Giorgio Pireddu, Gaspare Galati, Valentina Sulpizio, Stefano Paolucci, Luigi Pizzamiglio

* E-mail: grazia.spitoni@uniroma1.it

Affiliations Department of Psychology–Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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Giorgio Pireddu ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Giorgio Pireddu, Gaspare Galati, Valentina Sulpizio, Stefano Paolucci, Luigi Pizzamiglio

Affiliations Department of Psychology–Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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Gaspare Galati ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Giorgio Pireddu, Gaspare Galati, Valentina Sulpizio, Stefano Paolucci, Luigi Pizzamiglio

Affiliations Department of Psychology–Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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Valentina Sulpizio ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Giorgio Pireddu, Gaspare Galati, Valentina Sulpizio, Stefano Paolucci, Luigi Pizzamiglio

Affiliations Department of Psychology–Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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Stefano Paolucci ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Giorgio Pireddu, Gaspare Galati, Valentina Sulpizio, Stefano Paolucci, Luigi Pizzamiglio

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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Luigi Pizzamiglio

Contributed equally to this work with: Grazia Fernanda Spitoni, Giorgio Pireddu, Gaspare Galati, Valentina Sulpizio, Stefano Paolucci, Luigi Pizzamiglio

Affiliation Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
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Caloric Vestibular Stimulation Reduces Pain and Somatoparaphrenia in a Severe Chronic Central Post-Stroke Pain Patient: A Case Study

Grazia Fernanda Spitoni,
Giorgio Pireddu,
Gaspare Galati,
Valentina Sulpizio,
Stefano Paolucci,
Luigi Pizzamiglio

Published: March 30, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151213

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