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Emerging Technologies for Rehabilitation (297) Digital Pain Assessment and Management (192) Extended Reality, Virtual Reality and Virtual Worlds (641) Games for Pain Management (43) Pain in Children and Adolescents (45)

Published on in Vol 7, No 2 (2020): Jul-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/22620, first published .
Virtual Reality in Pain Rehabilitation for Youth With Chronic Pain: Pilot Feasibility Study

Virtual Reality in Pain Rehabilitation for Youth With Chronic Pain: Pilot Feasibility Study

Virtual Reality in Pain Rehabilitation for Youth With Chronic Pain: Pilot Feasibility Study

Authors of this article:

Anya Griffin1 Author Orcid Image ;   Luke Wilson2 Author Orcid Image ;   Amanda B Feinstein1 Author Orcid Image ;   Adeline Bortz3 Author Orcid Image ;   Marissa S Heirich1 Author Orcid Image ;   Rachel Gilkerson4 Author Orcid Image ;   Jenny FM Wagner4 Author Orcid Image ;   Maria Menendez4 Author Orcid Image ;   Thomas J Caruso1 Author Orcid Image ;   Samuel Rodriguez1 Author Orcid Image ;   Srinivas Naidu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Brenda Golianu1 Author Orcid Image ;   Laura E Simons1 Author Orcid Image
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