Sustained Efficacy of Virtual Reality Distraction

Journal of Pain

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 391-397

  Rutter, Charles E ^a,b   Dahlquist, Lynnda M ^a   Weiss, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Distraction; habituation; pain; virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNOLOGY; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COLD TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VIDEO GAMES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649102228     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.09.016     Document Type: Article

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