Do pain-associated contexts increase pain sensitivity? An investigation using virtual reality

DS Harvie, M Sterling, AD Smith - Scandinavian journal of pain, 2018 - degruyter.com
… support the idea that pain-associated contexts can alter pain sensitivity in healthy asymptomatic
… associated with pain, could modulate pain sensitivity and noxious-evoked pain intensity …

Virtual reality as a clinical tool for pain management

A Pourmand, S Davis, A Marchak, T Whiteside… - Current pain and …, 2018 - Springer
… to alter social and emotional context had no effect on pain sensitivity (p = 0.48). They
concluded that further research should be done on manipulating the source and meaning of the …

Evaluating value mediation in patients with chronic low-back pain using virtual reality: contributions for empirical research in Value Sensitive Design

M Smits, H van Goor, JW Kallewaard, PP Verbeek… - Health and …, 2022 - Springer
… the value mediation of virtual reality (VR) in patients with chronic low-back pain. Using value-…
how a virtual reality (VR) application designed for people with chronic pain is experienced …

Differential effects of two virtual reality interventions: distraction versus pain control

D Loreto-Quijada, J Gutiérrez-Maldonado… - … , Behavior, and Social …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
pain-related variables (intensity, tolerance, threshold, time perception, and pain sensitivity
… VRC intervention significantly increased pain tolerance, the pain sensitivity range, and the …

Innovative technology using virtual reality in the treatment of pain: does it reduce pain via distraction, or is there more to it?

A Gupta, K Scott, M Dukewich - Pain Medicine, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… mechanisms by which virtual reality can augment pain relief. … the key words of “virtual reality
and “pain” or “distraction.” … included pain threshold, pain tolerance, pain sensitivity range…

Active virtual reality games reduce pain sensitivity in young, healthy adults

E Evans, KE Naugle, A Ovispo, AS Kaleth… - … in Virtual Reality, 2021 - frontiersin.org
… Research on virtual reality (VR) as a method of pain … passively engaging in VR reduces acute
pain sensitivity in healthy … that reduces pain perception in adults during VR primarily relies …

The Effect of Virtual Reality on Cold Pain Sensitivity in Patients with Fibromyalgia and Pain-Free Individuals: A Randomized Crossover Study

SWMP Christensen, H Almsborg, TS Vain… - Games for Health …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
pain syndrome with high personal and societal costs, with only few effective tools for
treatment. Virtual reality (VR) may be an efficient pain … the effect of VR on cold pain threshold, -…

Is virtual reality ready for prime time in the medical space? A randomized control trial of pediatric virtual reality for acute procedural pain management

JI Gold, NE Mahrer - Journal of pediatric psychology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
… Bivariate correlations examined the relations between demographic variables (age; gender;
number of past procedures) and anxiety sensitivity with the postprocedure pain and anxiety …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison of the effect of two virtual reality stimuli on pressure pain sensitivity and autonomic response

TCA Silva, PM Bandeira, ADS Ranzatto… - BrJP, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Virtual reality can have a modulatory action on pain and the autonomic nervous system.
This study sought to verify the effect of two different VR stimuli on the pressure pain threshold …

Who can benefit from virtual reality to reduce experimental pain? A crossover study in healthy subjects

N Demeter, N Josman, E Eisenberg… - … Journal of Pain, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
… Sixty-two healthy subjects (31 M, 31 F) underwent a battery of pain tests to determine
each participant's baseline sensitivity to nociceptive. The battery included thermal …