MobiHealth News December 20, 2023
Jessica Hagen

The award will support veterans’ access to the California-based virtual reality company’s FDA-authorized at-home chronic low back pain offering, RelieVRx.

California-based virtual reality therapeutic company AppliedVR announced it secured an expanded contract with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs via its Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning, dubbed VA Immersive, to provide veterans with VR-based chronic low back pain therapies.

AppliedVR’s RelieVRx (formerly EaseVRx) received FDA De Novo clearance in 2021 to be used in the treatment of chronic low back pain.

RelieVRx is a self-guided, eight-week, in-home virtual reality program where patients can participate in VR sessions that use cognitive behavioral therapy to treat pain. The sessions offer content like exercises in breathing, mindfulness, relaxation-response and executive...

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