Ready Patient One: the role of therapeutic virtual reality in the future management of chronic pain

Tsigarides, Jordan ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9893-8002, Shenker, Nicholas G. and MacGregor, Alexander ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2163-2325 (2022) Ready Patient One: the role of therapeutic virtual reality in the future management of chronic pain. Rheumatology, 61 (2). 482–483. ISSN 1462-0324

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Abstract

Virtual reality (VR) is commonly perceived as ‘futuristic’, a view that perhaps stems from Hollywood movies from over 20 years ago such as ‘Tron’ and ‘The Matrix’ featuring interactive, computer-generated virtual environments. Yet, in 2021, science fiction has become reality with affordable, technologically advanced VR head-mounted displays (HMDs) with motion tracking. There is increasing focus on the utility of VR for therapeutics, with pain management emerging as a key area in which VR shows great potential.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: rheumatology,pharmacology (medical) ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2745
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 05 Aug 2021 00:08
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2023 22:32
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/80985
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab594

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