An interactive 3-D application for pain management: Results from a pilot study in spinal cord injury rehabilitation

Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 356-366

  Spyridonis, Fotios ^a   Gawronski, Jan ^b   Ghinea, Gheorghita ^a   Frank, Andrew O ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomedical technology; Imaging; Pain measurement; Spinal cord injuries; Three dimensional; User acceptance; User computer interface

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES (SCI); SYSTEM USABILITY; USER ACCEPTANCE;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDING; SYSTEM USABILITY SCALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84865802823     PISSN: 01692607     EISSN: 18727565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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