This case study involves a 29 year old male who was born with deformed arms and legs. Both of his wrists are attached directly to the elbow joint and the foot and ankle on both legs are attached directly to the knee joint. He wears prostheses on his legs but not on his arms. He had never felt any type of phantom sensations until surgery was performed on his legs to remove cysts. The surgery involved both of his lower limbs. After the surgical procedure, he experienced phantom sensations in his legs. He feels as if he has full length phantom legs that fill his prostheses and that he stands on phantom feet. He can also feel his intact feet at knee level, but they feel as if they have moved away from his knees. After three years, the phantom sensations have not abated, and no painful sensations were felt in them.
In this case the phantom limbs help with the use of the prosthetic legs. The phantom legs can "feel" the floor and produce more natural movement.
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were felt in them. 