Feasibility and potential effect of a low-cost virtual reality system on reducing pain and anxiety in adult burn injury patients during physiotherapy in a developing country

Burns

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 659-664

  Morris, Linzette Deidré ^a   Louw, Quinette Abegail ^a   Crous, Lynette Christine ^a  

^a Faculty of Health Sciences   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adults; Anxiety; Burn injury; Pain; Physiotherapy; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

DOLOROL FORTE; IBUPROFEN; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; BURN UNIT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRETCHING EXERCISE; STUDENT T TEST; THERAPY EFFECT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANXIETY; BURNS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SOUTH AFRICA; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953120928     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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