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Post-amputation pain: Comparing pain presentations between adults with and without increased amputated-region sensitivity.

Emma Haldane BeisheimRyan Todd PohligGregory Evan HicksJohn Robert HorneJaclyn Megan Sions
Published in: Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain (2022)
Participants with increased amputated-region sensitivity demonstrate generalized, secondary-site pain hypersensitivity, potentially indicating underlying central sensitization. Central sensitization symptom scores, however, were similar between groups, suggesting differences in physiological pain sensitivity may not manifest in subjective post-amputation pain descriptions.
Keyphrases
  • chronic pain
  • pain management
  • neuropathic pain
  • lower limb
  • physical activity
  • depressive symptoms
  • postoperative pain