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Chronic pain treatment through virtual reality

D. GuarinoF. La PagliaM. DainoV. MaiorcaS. ZichichiF. GuccioneA. PintabonaM. D. WiederholdGiuseppe RivaB. K. WiederholdD. La Barbera

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Settore MED/34 - Medicina Fisica E RiabilitativaRehabilitationNeuroscience (miscellaneous)Chronic painVirtual realityChronic pain palliative care virtual reality analgesiaSettore M-PSI/08 - Psicologia ClinicaSettore MED/48 -Scienze Infermierist. e Tecn. Neuro-Psichiatriche e Riabilitat.Palliative careComputer Science (miscellaneous)Settore M-PSI/01 - PSICOLOGIA GENERALEAnalgesia; Chronic pain; Palliative care; Virtual reality; Computer Science (miscellaneous); Neuroscience (miscellaneous); Rehabilitation; Psychology (miscellaneous)Psychology (miscellaneous)AnalgesiaSettore MED/25 - Psichiatria

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Chronic pain is a notable issue of public healthcare, causing enormous direct and indirect costs, and a reduction of the quality of life in the affected patients. In this study, we have used Virtual Reality (VR) as a method to reduce stress, anxiety and pain in patients affected by chronic pain. We examined two cohorts of patients: an experimental group and a control group. The patients in the experimental group were administered eight VR sessions, each of those lasted thirty minutes, while the control group had a standard therapy. The results are encouraging: they demonstrate the efficacy of VR treatment and the safety of the method.

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2017-12-01
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