MedPage Today September 8, 2020
Virtual reality (VR) for chronic pain has produced promising results but faces important challenges, a literature review suggested.
“Despite scientific evidence, access to VR devices is limited due to cost and reluctance in embracing technology or innovation,” said Rajat Lamington, MD, of the Comprehensive Spine and Pain Center of New York, who presented the review at the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) virtual meeting. “These are two important challenges that will stand in the way of the availability of VR.”
Awareness, accessibility, and acceptance are needed to increase the use of VR for chronic pain, he added. “Awareness will generate curiosity and large randomized controlled trials that are needed to study the efficacy of VR to hopefully produce...