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Identifier	Thesis 2722
Author	Revis, Jordan J., 1990-
Title	Effects of Immersive Virtual Reality on Subjective Pain Scores in Chronic Spinal Cord Injured Patients
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication	2018
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Abstract	Chronic neuropathic pain is an unrelenting and debilitating condition that affects up to 60% of people with spinal cord injury (SCI) and severely impacts their quality of life (QOL). Available treatments are limited, and attempts at pharmaceutical management can often lead to drug dependencies. Therefore, there is a critical need to develop a new generation of therapies. Emerging literature suggests that VR may be a viable therapy for many pain sufferers. The use of somatic immersive virtual reality (IVR) will significantly reduce pain in people with spinal cord injury. Eight individuals with chronic spinal cord injury and chronic pain were recruited. Participants were introduced to 5 min of scenery VR and 5 min of somatic VR. A within-subject study design was used. The repeated measures ANOVA revealed a statistically significant main effect of time for the NRS scores for both the somatic and scenery VR interventions, F(1, 7) = 6.861, p = 0.034, partial η2 = 0.495. The Pearson product-moment correlation preliminary analyses showed non-significant correlations between ITQ and somatic PQ [r(6) = -.19, p =.66] and a non-significant correlation between ITQ and scenery PQ [r(6) = -.37, p =.37]. There was a non-significant correlation between post somatic NRS scores and somatic PQ score [r(6) = -.23, p =.59]. Post scenery NRS scores and scenery PQ scores had a non-significant relationship [r(6) =.61, p =.11]. The main finding of this study was that short term exposure to IVR elicited a reduction in pain for those with neuropathic pain due to SCI. This study provides an insight into the use of virtual reality in spinal cord injured patients to provide relief from those that suffer from neuropathic pain. as an alternative to addictive medications. Additionally, VR and IVR have potential applications in the rehabilitation field.
Notes	"Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Exercise Science."; Thesis advisor: Chee-Hoi Leong.; M.S.,Central Connecticut State University,,2018.; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-42).
Subject	Virtual reality in medicine. Pain. Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries--Patients.
Department	Department of Physical Education and Human Performance
Advisor	Leong, Chee-Hoi
Type	Text
Software	System requirements: PC and World Wide Web browser.
Language	eng
OCLC number	1082362731
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