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VR is being used to distract severe burn patients from their pain during severe burn wound cleaning, and burn patients report large reductions in the amount of time they spend thinking about their pain during painful medical procedures.
“VR is so attention grabbing that it is being used to distract severe burn patients from their pain during severe burn wound cleaning, and burn patients report large reductions in the amount of time they spend thinking about their pain during painful medical procedures [22–25].”
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“…study did not directly measure attention, the pattern of results of the current study are consistent with an attentional mechanism of how VR reduces pain (see also Hoffman, 1998, 2004; Gold et al., 2006, 2007; Dahlquist et al., 2007; Birnie et al., 2017; Gold and Mahrer, 2017; Zeroth et al., 2019).”
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“Compelling illusion and the ability to substitute reality allows VR to simulate scenarios otherwise difficult to achieve, and provides avenues for training, therapy, and entertainment [1], [2], [3].”
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“18 used for premedication, VR does not require extra labor as a patient can make self-adjustments; most patients experience almost no side effects. a, b, c Represent the binary groups that make up the difference in post hoc analysis ( p < 0.05).”
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“These therapies often use imagery and virtual reality technologies to simulate commonplace wartime traumas and trigger painful recollections (Beck, Palyo, Winer, Schwagler, & Ang, 2007; Hoffman, 2004; Reger & Gahm, 2008), ultimately seeking extinction of PTSD symptoms through repeated exposure to the very stimuli vete…”
BackgroundVirtual Reality Hypnosis Pain Control in the Treatment of Multiple Fractures: A Case Series1
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“…and aimed via the head-tracked virtual reality (VR) helmet (a Rockwell Collins SR80 model VR helmet obtained through www.imprintit.com with Intersense IC3 head tracker), and pushed a mouse trigger button to shoot virtual snowballs at virtual snowmen, igloos, and penguins (Hoffman, 2004).”
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“…technique for anxiety and pain reduction [13–30], e.g., during venipuncture [29,30] and even during surgery [31]. fMRI studies show that VR reduces pain-related brain activity, and the amount of pain reduction during VR is comparable to a moderate dose of opioids in analgesic effectiveness [32–34].”
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MethodBuilding a Virtual Environment for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support
Johnson, C., Feenan, K., Setliff, G., Pereira, K. C., Hassell, N., Beresford, H. F., Epps, S., Nicollerat, J., Tatum, W. O., Feinglos, M. N., et al. (2013) · International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking · doi:10.4018/ijvcsn.2013070105 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
“…are being used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, simulate the effects of stroke, treat phobias, and provide virtual psychiatric treatment (Gorini, et al., 2008; Hodges, Anderson, & Burdea, 2001; Hoffman, 2004; Rothbaum, Anderson, Zimand, Hodges, Lang & Wilson, 2006; Yellowlees & Cook, 2006).”
BackgroundCan Virtual Reality Be Used to Conduct Mass Prophylaxis Clinic Training? A Pilot Program
Yellowlees, P., Cook, J. N., Marks, S. L., Wolfe, D., & Mangin, E. (2008) · Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Biodefense Strategy Practice and Science · doi:10.1089/bsp.2007.0038 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
“6,7 This type of therapy has been shown to be effective in the academic setting, and several commercial entities now offer it to patients.”
Giravi, H. Y., Biskupiak, Z., Tyler, L. S., & Bulaj, G. W. (2022) · Frontiers in Digital Health · doi:10.3389/fdgth.2022.884047 · Cited by 22 · see citing works
Lier, E. J., Harder, J., Oosterman, J. M., de Vries, M., & van Goor, H. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208405 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
“Therefore, VR might thus provide effective distraction from tactile perception [3, 12, 13].”
BackgroundVirtual reality with fMRI: a breakthrough cognitive treatment tool
Wiederhold, B. K., & Wiederhold, M. D. (2008) · Virtual Reality · doi:10.1007/s10055-008-0100-3 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
“These results suggest that while a patient is undergoing VR treatment, their subjective levels of pain decrease not just because they are ‘‘distracted,’’ and therefore not paying attention to their physical pain, but also because the introduction of VR actually decreases the amount of neural activity in regions associ…”
BackgroundMethodInfluentialMore than Just a Game? Combat-Themed Gaming Among Recent Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Elliott, L. C., Golub, A. L., Price, M., & Bennett, A. S. (2015) · Games for Health Journal · doi:10.1089/g4h.2014.0104 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
Social Robots and Virtual Humans as Assistive Tools for Improving Our Quality of Life
Magnenat‐Thalmann, N., & Zhang, Z. (2014) · International Conference on Digital Home (ICDH) · doi:10.1109/icdh.2014.8 · Cited by 20 · see citing works
Firoozabadi, R., Elhaddad, M., Drever, S. A., Soltani, M., Githens, M. F., Kleweno, C. P., Sharar, S. R., Patterson, D. R., & Hoffman, H. G. (2020) · Frontiers in Virtual Reality · doi:10.3389/frvir.2020.553492 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
“…psychological treatment, adjunctive immersive virtual reality distraction, has been shown to reduce pain during painful medical procedures (Hoffman, 1998, 2004; Hoffman et al., 2000, 2019a,b; Gold et al., 2006; Sharar et al., 2007; Li et al., 2011; Garrett et al., 2014; Atzori et al.,…”
BackgroundSelf-citationRiva, G., & Gaggioli, A. (2008) · Lecture notes in computer science · doi:10.1007/978-3-540-89430-8_6 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Virtual Natural Environments for Restoration and Rehabilitation in Healthcare
Stone, R. J., Small, C., Knight, J., Qian, C., & Shingari, V. (2014) · Intelligent systems reference library · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-54816-1_24 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
Hasan, R. A., Yusoff, M. S. B., Tang, T. B., Hafeez, Y., Mustafa, M. C., Dzainudin, M. B., Bacotang, J., Al-Saggaf, U. M., & Ali, S. S. A. (2022) · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · doi:10.3390/ijerph19074413 · Cited by 17 · see citing works
Carifio, J., & Perla, R. (2009) · Interchange · doi:10.1007/s10780-009-9102-7 · Cited by 19 · see citing works
“The spatial characteristics of semantic long term memory are “visual” in nature in the sense of the organization and geometry of the dynamic network of elements and relationships (i.e., propositions) that are a person’s semantic (or core academic knowledge) long term memory store (see Hoffman, 2004; Carifio, 2005 for…”
BackgroundUsing Virtual Reality and Music in Cognitive Disability Therapy
Vargas, A., Dı́az, P., & Zarraonandía, T. (2020) · International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) · doi:10.1145/3399715.3399916 · Cited by 18 · see citing works
“…of acrophobia [1], fear of flying [22], assessment of cognitive functions in brain injury rehabilitation [31], training spatial knowledge in physically disabled children [34], post-stroke rehabilitation [1], treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder [9], and for pain relief [16], for example.”
BackgroundMethodWeisz, J. R., Fitzpatrick, O. M., Venturo‐Conerly, K. E., Sternberg, A., Steinberg, J. S., & Ng, M. Y. (2023) · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry · doi:10.1111/jcpp.13820 · Cited by 16 · see citing works
Bonanni, L. (2006) · Lecture notes in computer science · doi:10.1007/11825890_6 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
“Studies show that burn patients can undergo wound treatments with substantially less pain when they are playing a VR game that takes place in a snowy world [17].”
BackgroundEffects of Virtual Reality during Exercise in Children
Cebolla, A., Botella, C., Lurbe, E., Guixeres, J., Sáiz, J., Lisón, J. F., Álvarez‐Pitti, J., Cantero, L., Alcañíz, M., Escobar, P., et al. (2020) · Repositori UJI (Universitat Jaume I) · doi:10.3217/jucs-019-09-1199 · Cited by 14 · see citing works
Sampaio, M., Haro, M. V. N., Wilks, C. R., de Sousa, B. C., García‐Palacios, A., & Hoffman, H. G. (2021) · Telemedicine Journal and e-Health · doi:10.1089/tmj.2021.0124 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Self-citationPersonality Assessment in Ecological Settings by Means of Virtual Reality
Cipresso, P., & Riva, G. (2016) · doi:10.1002/9781119173489.ch18 · Cited by 13 · see citing works
Getting Real About Virtual Worlds
Gupta, M., Jin, S. H., Sanders, G. L., Sherman, B. A., & Simha, A. (2012) · International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking · doi:10.4018/jvcsn.2012070101 · Cited by 12 · see citing works
- Authors
- Hoffman, H. G.
- Affiliations
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hoffman, Hunter G.
- ORCID
- Hoffman, Hunter G.
- Venue
- Scientific American
- Published
- 2004-08
- Volume
- 291
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 58-65
- ISSN
- 0036-8733 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2017219860
- Cited by
- 201
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 15.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Scientific American (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery
- Keywords
- virtual reality therapy, virtual reality, psychotherapy, psychiatric treatment
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Therapy, Computer-Assisted, User-Computer Interface
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