Phantom limb pain (PLP) as a form of neuropathic pain might result from changes at several levels of the peripheral and central nervous system. Central plasticity is difficult to treat. Somatosensory discrimination training (SDT) at the stump is one possibility to reduce central plasticity and PLP. The study was aimed to replicate previous findings in arm amputees in a patient with upper leg amputation.We describe a case report of one patient with upper leg amputation. He received SDT for 10 days (2 weeks, 2 hours/day). Discrimination was measured at the beginning and the end of each training session. Assessment of PLP was performed using different inventories such as McGill Pain questionnaire and VAS.We found an increase in somatosensory discrimination during training. More interestingly, PLP decreased over time. We thus replicated that SDT is able to reduce PLP.
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