Sensory stimulations potentializing digital therapeutics pain control
For the past two decades, using Digital Therapeutics (DTx) to counter painful symptoms has emerged as a novel pain relief strategy. Several studies report that DTx significantly diminish pain while compensating for the limitations of pharmacological analgesics (e.g., addiction, side effects). Virtua...
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| author | Maxime Fougère Juliette Greco-Vuilloud Chloé Arnous Florence Abel Chrissy Lowe Valery Elie Serge Marchand Serge Marchand |
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| description | For the past two decades, using Digital Therapeutics (DTx) to counter painful symptoms has emerged as a novel pain relief strategy. Several studies report that DTx significantly diminish pain while compensating for the limitations of pharmacological analgesics (e.g., addiction, side effects). Virtual reality (VR) is a major component of the most effective DTx for pain reduction. Notably, various stimuli (e.g., auditory, visual) appear to be frequently associated with VR in DTx. This review aims to compare the hypoalgesic power of specific stimuli with or without a VR environment. First, this review will briefly describe VR technology and known elements related to its hypoalgesic effect. Second, it will non-exhaustively list various stimuli known to have a hypoalgesic effect on pain independent of the immersive environment. Finally, this review will focus on studies that investigate a possible potentialized effect on pain reduction of these stimuli in a VR environment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-64efc47bc41b446eb8c2e7c4817339f42023-09-06T15:04:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pain Research2673-561X2023-09-01410.3389/fpain.2023.11683771168377Sensory stimulations potentializing digital therapeutics pain controlMaxime Fougère0Juliette Greco-Vuilloud1Chloé Arnous2Florence Abel3Chrissy Lowe4Valery Elie5Serge Marchand6Serge Marchand7Lucine, Bordeaux, FranceLucine, Bordeaux, FranceLucine, Bordeaux, FranceLucine, Bordeaux, FranceLucine, Bordeaux, FranceLucine, Bordeaux, FranceLucine, Bordeaux, FranceFaculté de Médecine et des Sciences de la Santé, Centre de Recherche Clinique du Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, CanadaFor the past two decades, using Digital Therapeutics (DTx) to counter painful symptoms has emerged as a novel pain relief strategy. Several studies report that DTx significantly diminish pain while compensating for the limitations of pharmacological analgesics (e.g., addiction, side effects). Virtual reality (VR) is a major component of the most effective DTx for pain reduction. Notably, various stimuli (e.g., auditory, visual) appear to be frequently associated with VR in DTx. This review aims to compare the hypoalgesic power of specific stimuli with or without a VR environment. First, this review will briefly describe VR technology and known elements related to its hypoalgesic effect. Second, it will non-exhaustively list various stimuli known to have a hypoalgesic effect on pain independent of the immersive environment. Finally, this review will focus on studies that investigate a possible potentialized effect on pain reduction of these stimuli in a VR environment.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2023.1168377/fulldigital therapeuticspainvirtual realityanalgesiahypnosisbinaural beats |
| spellingShingle | Maxime Fougère Juliette Greco-Vuilloud Chloé Arnous Florence Abel Chrissy Lowe Valery Elie Serge Marchand Serge Marchand Sensory stimulations potentializing digital therapeutics pain control Frontiers in Pain Research digital therapeutics pain virtual reality analgesia hypnosis binaural beats |
| title | Sensory stimulations potentializing digital therapeutics pain control |
| title_full | Sensory stimulations potentializing digital therapeutics pain control |
| title_fullStr | Sensory stimulations potentializing digital therapeutics pain control |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sensory stimulations potentializing digital therapeutics pain control |
| title_short | Sensory stimulations potentializing digital therapeutics pain control |
| title_sort | sensory stimulations potentializing digital therapeutics pain control |
| topic | digital therapeutics pain virtual reality analgesia hypnosis binaural beats |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpain.2023.1168377/full |
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