Virtual reality immersion method of distraction to control experimental ischemic pain

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-265

  Magora, Florella ^a   Cohen, Sarale ^a   Shochina, Mara ^a   Dayan, Ehud ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Distraction technique; Ischemic pain; Pain therapy; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD PRESSURE CUFF; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYBERNETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB ISCHEMIA; LIMB PAIN; MALE; NAUSEA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THINKING; TOURNIQUET; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ARM; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERSONALITY; SOFTWARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33646050004     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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