Objectives To explore clinical findings in men with chronic pain after falanga torture as
compared with controls, and to try to understand the nature of the pain mechanisms …

Background Falanga torture (beatings on the foot soles) produces local chronic pain and
severe walking difficulties. We have previously reported signs of neuropathic pain in the feet …

Background With quantitative sensory testing (QST) we recently found no differences in
sensory function of the foot soles between groups of torture victims with or without exposure …

Purpose. To describe activity limitations in tortured refugees referred for rehabilitation,
particularly the impact of neuropathic pain resulting from falanga (beatings under the feet) …

CONTEXT: Refugee survivors of torture in the United Kingdom have multiple problems, of
which pain may be underrecognized, given the high prevalence recorded in similar …

The long-term consequences of falanga are probably the best described consequences of
exposure to specific forms of physical torture. Theories about casual lesions in the …

Aim. To estimate change over 10 years concerning the prevalence of pain in the head, back
and feet, among previously tortured refugees settled in Denmark, and to compare …

According to Amnesty International government-sanctioned torture is verified in one third of
the countries in the world. The physical and psychological sequelae are numerous. This …

Aim To estimate change over nine months and over two years, as concerns the prevalence
and level of pain in the head, back and feet, among previously tortured refugees settled in …

The World Health Organization has declared the ex-isting refugee migration an international
humanitarian disaster, considering it the worst humanitarian crisis since the Second World …