Scientific evidence for the effectiveness of virtual reality for pain reduction in adults with acute or chronic pain

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 144, Issue , 2009, Pages 40-43

  Shahrbanian, Shahnaz ^a   Xiaoli, M A ^a   Korner Bitensky, Nicol ^a   Simmonds, Maureen J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Pain; Randomized controlled trials; Systematic review; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

TELEMEDICINE;

CLINICAL INTERVENTIONS; DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC SEARCHES;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 71749102069     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-017-9-40     Document Type: Conference Paper

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