Virtual Reality Treatment of Severe Neuropathic Pain in an Adolescent Child: A Case Report

We describe virtual reality (VR) used as an effective intervention to treat severe chronic neuropathic pain in an otherwise healthy adolescent boy. The patient presented with severe pain and allodynia in the right foot after calcaneus extension surgery. Multiple medical and psychological interventio...

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Autores principales: Sørensen, Jens Christian Hedemann, Vlachou, Maria, Milidou, Ioanna, Knudsen, Anne Lene, Meier, Kaare
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10306331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37335888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1213/XAA.0000000000001689
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author Sørensen, Jens Christian Hedemann
Vlachou, Maria
Milidou, Ioanna
Knudsen, Anne Lene
Meier, Kaare
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description We describe virtual reality (VR) used as an effective intervention to treat severe chronic neuropathic pain in an otherwise healthy adolescent boy. The patient presented with severe pain and allodynia in the right foot after calcaneus extension surgery. Multiple medical and psychological interventions were unsuccessful over 3 years, with the pain leading the patient to drop out of school. VR gaming intervention provided the patient with significant pain relief and substantial improvement in functionality. This case report details the VR intervention and its effect on the patient’s severe, medically refractory pain syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-103063312023-06-29 Virtual Reality Treatment of Severe Neuropathic Pain in an Adolescent Child: A Case Report Sørensen, Jens Christian Hedemann Vlachou, Maria Milidou, Ioanna Knudsen, Anne Lene Meier, Kaare A A Pract Case Report We describe virtual reality (VR) used as an effective intervention to treat severe chronic neuropathic pain in an otherwise healthy adolescent boy. The patient presented with severe pain and allodynia in the right foot after calcaneus extension surgery. Multiple medical and psychological interventions were unsuccessful over 3 years, with the pain leading the patient to drop out of school. VR gaming intervention provided the patient with significant pain relief and substantial improvement in functionality. This case report details the VR intervention and its effect on the patient’s severe, medically refractory pain syndrome. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2023-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC10306331/ /pubmed/37335888 http://dx.doi.org/10.1213/XAA.0000000000001689 Text en Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the International Anesthesia Research Society. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ), where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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