A neurofeedback-based intervention to reduce post-operative pain in lung cancer patients: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

JMIR Research Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Gorini, Alessandra ^a,b   Marzorati, Chiara ^b   Casiraghi, Monica ^b   Spaggiari, Lorenzo ^a,b   Pravettoni, Gabriella ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute post surgical pain; Lung cancer; Neurofeedback; Relaxation; Video games; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993952671     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19290748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.4251     Document Type: Article

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