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Chronic phantom and stump pain among american veterans: results of a survey☆

  • Richard A. Sherman

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests to: Captain Richard A. Sherman, Ph.D., MSC, Department of Clinical Investigation, Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Ga. 30905 U.S.A..
    • Psychophysiology Service, Department of Clinical Investigation, Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Ga. 30905, U.S.A.
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  • Crystal J. Sherman

      Affiliations

    • Medical Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Ga. 30910, U.S.A.
    • ,
  • Laura Parker

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Investigation, Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Ga. 30905 U.S.A.

Received 1 February 1983; accepted 13 June 1983.

Abstract 

Questions concerning stump, phantom and other pain problems as well as demographic data were mailed to 5000 Americans whose amputations were connected with military service. Fifty-five percent responded and of these, 78% reported phantom pain. No predisposing factors, other than presence of stump pain, correlated with the presence or severity of phantom pain. Of those receiving treatment, only 1% reported lasting benefits from any of a multitude of treatments attempted.

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☆ The opinions or assertions contained herein are the private views of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as reflecting the views of the United States Department of Army or the Department of Defense.

PII: 0304-3959(84)90128-3

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Volume 18, Issue 1 , Pages 83-95, January 1984

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