Exploring the effectiveness of immersive Virtual Reality interventions in the management of musculoskeletal pain: a state-of-the-art review

References

• Scapin S, Echevarria-Guanilo ME, Junior PRBF, et al. Virtual reality in the treatment of burn patients: a systematic review. Burns. 2018;44(6):1403–1416.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Laver KE, Lange B, George S, et al. Virtual reality for stroke rehabilitation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017;11:CD008349
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Maples-Keller JL, Bunnell BE, Kim SJ, et al. The use of virtual reality technology in the treatment of anxiety and other psychiatric disorders. Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2017;25(3):103–113.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kilteni K, Groten R, Slater M. The sense of embodiment in virtual reality. Presence Teleoper Virtual Environ. 2012;21(4):373–387.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Riva G, Wiederhold BK, Mantovani F. Neuroscience of virtual reality: from virtual exposure to embodied medicine. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2019;22(1):82–96.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mallari B, Spaeth EK, Goh H, Boyd BS. Virtual reality as an analgesic for acute and chronic pain in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Pain Res. 2019;12:2053–2085.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pourmand A, Davis S, Marchak A, et al. Virtual reality as a clinical tool for pain management. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2018;22(8):53.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Won AS, Bailey J, Bailenson J, et al. Immersive virtual reality for pediatric pain. Children. 2017;4(7):52.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kipping B, Rodger S, Miller K, et al. Virtual reality for acute pain reduction in adolescents undergoing burn wound care: a prospective randomized controlled trial. Burns. 2012;38(5):650–657.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Schmitt YS, Hoffman HG, Blough DK, et al. A randomized, controlled trial of immersive virtual reality analgesia, during physical therapy for pediatric burns. Burns. 2011;37(1):61–68.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hoffman HG, Doctor JN, Patterson DR, et al. Virtual reality as an adjunctive pain control during burn wound care in adolescent patients. Pain. 2000;85(1-2):305–309.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Moseley GL, Arntz A. The context of a noxious stimulus affects the pain it evokes. Pain. 2007;133(1-3):64–71.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hoffman HG, Richards TL, Bills AR, et al. Using FMRI to study the neural correlates of virtual reality analgesia. CNS Spectr. 2006;11(1):45–51.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Li A, Montano Z, Chen VJ, et al. Virtual reality and pain management: current trends and future directions. Pain Manag. 2011;1(2):147–157.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Rothbaum BO, Hodges L, Smith S, et al. A controlled study of virtual reality exposure therapy for the fear of flying. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2000;68(6):1020–1026.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rothbaum BO, Hodges L, Anderson PL, et al. Twelve-month follow-up of virtual reality and standard exposure therapies for the fear of flying. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2002;70(2):428–432.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Rothbaum BO, Anderson P, Zimand E, et al. Virtual reality exposure therapy and standard (in vivo) exposure therapy in the treatment of fear of flying. Behav Ther. 2006;37(1):80–90.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Balsam P, Borodzicz S, Malesa K, et al. OCULUS study: virtual reality-based education in daily clinical practice. Cardiol J. 2019;26(3):260–264.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Saab MM, Landers M, Cooke E, et al. Enhancing men’s awareness of testicular disorders using a virtual reality intervention: a pre-post pilot study. Nurs Res. 2018;67(5):349–358.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ahern MM, Dean LV, Stoddard CC, et al. The effectiveness of virtual reality in patients with spinal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Pain Pract. 2020;20(6):656–675.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gumaa M, Rehan Youssef A. Is virtual reality effective in orthopedic rehabilitation? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Phys Ther. 2019;99(10):1304–1325.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lin HT, Li YI, Hu WP, et al. A scoping review of the efficacy of virtual reality and exergaming on patients of musculoskeletal system disorder. J Clin Med. 2019;8(6):791.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harvie DS, Broecker M, Smith RT, et al. Bogus visual feedback alters onset of movement-evoked pain in people with neck pain. Psychol Sci. 2015;26(4):385–392.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harvie DS, Smith RT, Hunter EV, et al. Using visuo-kinetic virtual reality to induce illusory spinal movement: the MoOVi Illusion. PeerJ. 2017;5:e3023.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bahat HS, Croft K, Carter C, et al. Remote kinematic training for patients with chronic neck pain: a randomised controlled trial. Eur Spine J. 2018;27(6):1309–1323.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harvie DS, Smith RT, Moseley GL, et al. Illusion-enhanced virtual reality exercise for neck pain: a replicated single case series. Clin J Pain. 2020;36(2):101–109.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tejera DM, Beltran-Alacreu H, Cano-de-la-Cuerda R, et al. Effects of virtual reality versus exercise on pain, functional, somatosensory and psychosocial outcomes in patients with non-specific chronic neck pain: a randomized clinical trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020;17(16):5950–5969.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Igna R, Stefan S, Onac I, et al. Mindfulness-based cognitive-behavior therapy (MCBT) versus virtual reality (VR) enhanced CBT, versus treatment as usual for chronic back pain. A clinical trial. J Evid Based Psychother. 2014;14:229–247.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Solcà M, Ronchi R, Bello-Ruiz J, et al. Heartbeat-enhanced immersive virtual reality to treat complex regional pain syndrome. Neurology. 2018;91(5):e479–e489.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jeon B, Cho S, Lee J-H. Application of virtual body swapping to patients with complex regional pain syndrome: a pilot study. Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2014;17(6):366–370.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Matamala-Gomez M, Diaz Gonzalez AM, Slater M, et al. Decreasing pain ratings in chronic arm pain through changing a virtual body: different strategies for different pain types. J Pain. 2019;20(6):685–697.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chau B, Phelan I, Ta P, et al. Immersive virtual reality for pain relief in upper limb complex regional pain syndrome: a pilot Study. Innov Clin Neurosci. 2020;17(4-6):47–52.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Gulsen C, Soke F, Eldemir K, et al. Effect of fully immersive virtual reality treatment combined with exercise in fibromyalgia patients: a randomized controlled trial. Assistive Technol. 2020;1–8.DOI:10.1080/10400435.2020.1772900
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jin C, Feng Y, Ni Y, Shan Z. Virtual reality intervention in postoperative rehabilitation after total knee arthroplasty: a prospective and randomized controlled clinical trial. Int J Clin Exp Med. 2018;11(6):6119–6124.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hong S, Lee G. Effects of an immersive virtual reality environment on muscle strength, proprioception, balance, and gait of a middle-aged woman who had total knee replacement: a case report. Am J Case Rep. 2019;20:1636–1642.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Sarig Bahat H, Takasaki H, Chen X, et al. Cervical kinematic training with and without interactive VR training for chronic neck pain – a randomized clinical trial. Manual Therapy. 2015;20(1):68–78.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Regan C. An investigation into nausea and other side-effects of head-coupled immersive virtual reality. Virtual Reality. 1995;1(1):17–31.
   Google Scholar
• Melzack R. Pain and the neuromatrix in the brain. J Dent Educ. 2001;65(12):1378–1382.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Birckhead B, Khalil C, Liu X, et al. Recommendations for methodology of virtual reality clinical trials in health care by an International Working Group: iterative study. JMIR Ment Health. 2019;6(1):e11973.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Harvie DS, Sterling M, Smith AD. Do pain-associated contexts increase pain sensitivity? An investigation using virtual reality. Scand J Pain. 2018;18(3):525–532.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Tsekleves E, Paraskevopoulos IT, Warland A, et al. Development and preliminary evaluation of a novel low cost VR-based upper limb stroke rehabilitation platform using Wii technology. Disability Rehabil Assistive Technol. 2016;11(5):413–422.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Warland A, Paraskevopoulos I, Tsekleves E, et al. The feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of a low-cost, virtual-reality based, upper-limb stroke rehabilitation device: a mixed methods study. Disability Rehabil. 2019;41(18):2119–2134.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar