Report from ARRS: Ultrasound pins down source of stump pain in amputees

October 7, 2008 Report from ARRS: Ultrasound pins down source of stump pain in amputees H. A. Abella -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sonography can accurately detect the causes of stump pain in amputees, according to researchers in the U.K. Investigators say ultrasound findings could guide management, help educate patients about their condition, and allow prosthesis design customization. Images from the Beijing Paralympic Games or those of a Humvee driving by an improvised explosive device in Iraq could fade from memory in seconds. But for many athletes with physical disabilities as well as survivors of bomb blasts, the pain afflicting the stump of a lost limb may never fade.

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