Nonimmersive virtual reality mirror visual feedback therapy and its application for the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome: An open-label pilot study

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 622-629

  Sato, Kenji ^a   Fukumori, Satoshi ^c   Matsusaki, Takashi ^a   Maruo, Tomoko ^b   Ishikawa, Shinichi ^a   Nishie, Hiroyuki ^a   Takata, Ken ^a   Mizuhara, Hiroaki ^d   Mizobuchi, Satoshi ^a   Nakatsuka, Hideki ^a   Matsumi, Masaki ^a   Gofuku, Akio ^c   Yokoyama, Masataka ^a   Morita, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology and ^*  (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; Neuronal Plasticity; Pain; Virtual Reality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIRROR VISUAL FEEDBACK THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT MONITORING; PHANTOM PAIN; PILOT STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 77952931892     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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