risk factors include chronic pre-amputation pain, post-operative surgical pain and psychological distress.
Phantom pains often described as crushing, toes twisting, hot iron, burning, tingling, cramping, shocking, shooting, “pins & needles”
Tends to localise to more distal phantom structures (e.g. fingers and toes)
Prevalence in early stages 60-80%
Independent of age in adults, gender, level or side of amputation
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submitted by drmomo(2), 2019-08-27T07:27:26Z
risk factors include chronic pre-amputation pain, post-operative surgical pain and psychological distress.
Phantom pains often described as crushing, toes twisting, hot iron, burning, tingling, cramping, shocking, shooting, “pins & needles” Tends to localise to more distal phantom structures (e.g. fingers and toes) Prevalence in early stages 60-80% Independent of age in adults, gender, level or side of amputation
https://www.physio-pedia.com/Phantom_limb_pain
rest of choices can be ruled out