Management of phantom pain with a textile, electromagnetically-acting stump liner: a randomized, double-blind, crossover study.

The treatment of phantom pain is frequently dissatisfying. We wanted to find out whether an electromagnetically shielding stump stocking interwoven with metal (medipro(R)Liner RELAX [medi Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany]) could have a positive effect on phantom pain. A double-blind, randomized, crossover trial in a total of 30 leg amputees compared the experimental (=verum) silicon liner (VL) fitted to the amputation stump with a dummy (=placebo) liner (PL).