A rapid evidence assessment of immersive virtual reality as an adjunct therapy in acute pain management in clinical practice

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1089-1098

  Garrett, Bernie ^a   Taverner, Tarnia ^a   Masinde, Wendy ^a   Gromala, Diane ^b   Shaw, Chris ^b   Negraeff, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute pain; Immersive environments; Virtual reality; VR

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DATA BASE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY; LIBRARY; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY; WEB OF SCIENCE; ACUTE PAIN; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; MALE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACUTE PAIN; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VIRTUAL REALITY EXPOSURE THERAPY;

EID: 84927912036     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000064     Document Type: Review

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