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Psychosocial interventions

Designing and developing a nature-based virtual reality with heart rate variability biofeedback for surgical anxiety and pain management: evidence from total knee arthroplasty patients

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Pages 738-753 | Received 18 Apr 2023, Accepted 06 Oct 2023, Published online: 18 Oct 2023

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