[HTML][HTML] Virtual reality clinical research: promises and challenges

B Garrett, T Taverner, D Gromala, G Tao… - JMIR serious …, 2018 - games.jmir.org
Background: Virtual reality (VR) therapy has been explored as a novel therapeutic approach
for numerous health applications, in which three-dimensional virtual environments can be …

[HTML][HTML] Treatment of phantom limb pain (PLP) based on augmented reality and gaming controlled by myoelectric pattern recognition: a case study of a chronic PLP …

M Ortiz-Catalan, N Sander, MB Kristoffersen… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
A variety of treatments have been historically used to alleviate phantom limb pain (PLP) with
varying efficacy. Recently, virtual reality (VR) has been employed as a more sophisticated …

Neuroimaging the pain network–Implications for treatment

M Diers - Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology, 2019 - Elsevier
In this chapter, we provide an overview of neuroimaging studies in chronic pain. We start
with an introduction about the phenomenology of pain. In the following section, the …

[HTML][HTML] Ethical Challenges of Virtual Reality Technology Interventions for the Vulnerabilities of Patients With Chronic Pain: Exploration of Technician Responsibility

S Zhou, D Gromala, L Wang - Journal of medical Internet research, 2023 - jmir.org
Chronic pain, a common disease, is a crucial global public health concern. Approximately
20% of the worldwide population is affected by chronic pain, which accounts for 15% to 20 …

Illusion-related brain activations: a new virtual reality mirror box system for use during functional magnetic resonance imaging

M Diers, S Kamping, P Kirsch, M Rance… - Brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
Extended viewing of movements of one's intact limb in a mirror as well as motor imagery
have been shown to decrease pain in persons with phantom limb pain or complex regional …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical trial of the virtual integration environment to treat phantom limb pain with upper extremity amputation

BN Perry, RS Armiger, M Wolde, KA McFarland… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: Phantom limb pain (PLP) is commonly seen following upper extremity (UE)
amputation. Use of both mirror therapy, which utilizes limb reflection in a mirror, and virtual …

Developing a wearable Augmented Reality for treating phantom limb pain using the Microsoft Hololens 2

C Prahm, M Bressler, K Eckstein, H Kuzuoka… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
After the amputation of a limb, up to 90% of the patients report a feeling of the missing body
part still being present in their perception. This effect is known as phantom limb sensation …

Augmented reality treatment for phantom limb pain

F Carrino, D Rizzotti, C Gheorghe… - Virtual, Augmented and …, 2014 - Springer
Mirror therapy is used from many years to treat phantom limb pain in amputees. However,
this approach presents several limitations that could be overcome using the possibilities of …

Illusory hand ownership induced by an MRI compatible immersive virtual reality device

F Bach, H Cakmak, H Maass… - Biomedical …, 2012 - degruyter.com
In this paper, we introduce a virtual reality based setup for triggering and studying illusory
sensations of limb ownership as known from the popular rubber hand illusion. Unlike a …

Extending Mirror Therapy into Mixed Reality—Design and Implementation of the Application PhantomAR to Alleviate Phantom Limb Pain in Upper Limb Amputees

C Prahm, K Eckstein, M Bressler, H Kuzuoka… - … Intelligent Virtual Reality …, 2023 - Springer
Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a restrictive condition in which patients perceive pain in a non-
existent limb, incapacitating them from performing daily activities. Mirror therapy, during …