Katleho Limakatso

Current Appointments

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

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Dr. Katleho Limakatso (PhD) is a post-doctoral research fellow at NeuRA and the UNSW School of Health Sciences where he manages a clinical trial on phantom limb pain. He holds a PhD in Anaesthesia, MSc in Pain, PGDip in Interdisciplinary Pain Management, and BSc (Honours) in Physiotherapy. Before moving to Australia, he served as a Lecturer in the Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at the University of Cape Town for five years. He has a special interest in chronic post-surgical pain syndromes, particularly phantom limb pain in people with amputations. His research combines experimental and clinical methods to develop and test new interventions for managing phantom limb pain. He is recognised as an emerging researcher in phantom limb pain, serving as a regular speaker at national and international conferences. He is a member of the Canadian Journal of Pains editorial board and IASP Young Leaders Presidential Task Force.

Publications

2024 Oct

Care Priorities for Individuals with Lower Extremity Amputations: A Patient Delphi Study

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155241258913

2023, 21 May

Managing acute phantom limb pain with transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation: a case report

View full journal-article on https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-023-03915-z

2023, 15 Mar

The efficacy of graded motor imagery and its components on phantom limb pain and disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis

View full journal-article on http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/24740527.2023.2188899

2022

Making sense of phantom limb pain

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2021

Patient satisfaction at the Chronic Pain Management Clinic at Groote Schuur Hospital

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2021

Treatment Recommendations for Phantom Limb Pain in People with Amputations: An Expert Consensus Delphi Study

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2020

The effectiveness of graded motor imagery for reducing phantom limb pain in amputees: a randomised controlled trial

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2020

The prevalence and risk factors for phantom limb pain in people with amputations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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2019

The prevalence and risk factors for phantom limb pain in people with amputations: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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2019

The prevalence of phantom limb pain and associated risk factors in people with amputations: A systematic review protocol

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