The use of virtual reality for pain control: A review

Current Pain and Headache Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-109

  Mahrer, Nicole E ^b   Gold, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANALGESIA; BURN; CANCER PAIN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEBRIDEMENT; DISTRACTIBILITY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEUROMODULATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLAY THERAPY; REVIEW; VIRTUAL REALITY; WOUND CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63249114314     PISSN: 15313433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11916-009-0019-8     Document Type: Review

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