Patients afflicted with chronic pain might wish for another body but it turns out that sitting next to an image of their own body could do the job.
A virtual reality “out of body” illusion affords more temporary relief than powerful painkillers, a study suggests, with patients finding that their pain diminished by more than a third.
About one in ten adults in Britain is thought to suffer from some form of chronic pain, although the phenomenon is only partially understood.
Over the past decade experiments have suggested that the symptoms have as much to do with the mind as with any problem in the body, leading researchers and virtual reality companies to test immersive computer games and other distractions as possible treatments.
from Digital Health | Scoop.it http://www.scoop.it/t/health-care-social-media/p/4067454522/2016/08/11/virtual-reality-better-than-medication-for-pain-relief
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