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Researchers in Oxford are about to start work on a three year study into the mystery of Phantom Limb Pain, a condition where amputees still have feelings in limbs that where removed many years earlier.

Angela Williams was unfortunate enough to lose her right arm above the elbow when she was involved in a car accident when she was only ten years old, more than forty years later Angela occasionally feels pain in the missing limb, she said:

“Some people suffer from phantom pain much more than others. “I remember how once it used to itch. For many years I could feel a sharp pain shooting through it.”

Dr Tamar Makin who is leading the study commented:

“Specific parts of the brain control different parts of the body. Our research will test what happens to parts of the brain controlling the arm and hands when the limb is missing.”

The research team not only want to speak to amputees who have suffered amputation due to car accidents or personal injury but also to those born without hands or arms as there is evidence to suggest that those with congenital limb deficiency have different visual activity in the brain.