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 SionsPublished 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.