The promise and challenge of virtual gaming technologies for chronic pain: the case of graded exposure for low back pain. Academic Article

abstract

• Virtual reality (VR) technologies have been successfully applied to acute pain interventions and recent reviews have suggested their potential utility in chronic pain. The current review highlights the specific relevance of VR interactive gaming technologies for pain-specific intervention, including their current use across a variety of physical conditions. Using the example of graded-exposure treatment for pain-related fear and disability in chronic low back pain, we discuss ways that VR gaming can be harnessed to optimize existing chronic pain therapies and examine the potential limitations of traditional VR interfaces in the context of chronic pain. We conclude by discussing directions for future research on VR-mediated applications in chronic pain.

authors

• Trost, Zina

published proceedings

• Pain Manag

altmetric score

• 60.692

author list (cited authors)

• Trost, Z., Zielke, M., Guck, A., Nowlin, L., Zakhidov, D., France, C. R., & Keefe, F.

citation count

• 63

complete list of authors

• Trost, Zina||Zielke, Marjorie||Guck, Adam||Nowlin, Liza||Zakhidov, Djanhangir||France, Christopher R||Keefe, Francis

publication date

• May 2015

publisher

• Future Science Group  Publisher

published in

• Pain Management  Journal

keywords

• Chronic Pain
• Fear
• Female
• Gaming
• Graded Exposure
• Humans
• Low Back Pain
• Male
• Treatment Outcome
• User-Computer Interface
• Video Games
• Virtual Reality
• Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

PubMed Central ID

• 25971643

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2217/pmt.15.6

start page

• 197

end page

• 206

volume

• 5

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/pmt.15.6