Jin Weina, Choo Amber, Gromala Diane, Shaw Chris, Squire Pamela
School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University.
Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016;220:154-60.
Although Virtual Reality (VR) applications have been shown to reduce many forms of acute pain, such research of VR applications and their effects on chronic pain is still at its infancy. In this study, we designed a VR game Cryoslide, and examined its analgesic effect on chronic pain patients, its end users, in a clinical setting. In this randomized, controlled crossover clinical study of 20 chronic pain patients, Cryoslide significantly reduced perceived pain compared to the baseline and the control group. The results demonstrate that Cryoslide can be effectively used as an analgesic intervention for chronic pain management to lessen pain intensity during short-term symptom spikes.
尽管虚拟现实（VR）应用已被证明可减轻多种形式的急性疼痛，但关于VR应用及其对慢性疼痛影响的研究仍处于起步阶段。在本研究中，我们设计了一款VR游戏《低温载玻片》，并在临床环境中检验了其对慢性疼痛患者（即最终用户）的镇痛效果。在这项针对20名慢性疼痛患者的随机、对照交叉临床研究中，与基线和对照组相比，《低温载玻片》显著减轻了患者感知到的疼痛。结果表明，《低温载玻片》可有效用作慢性疼痛管理的镇痛干预措施，以减轻短期症状发作时的疼痛强度。
