The effect of virtual body swapping with mental rehearsal on pain intensity and body perception disturbance in complex regional pain syndrome
- Authors
- Hwang, Haesol; Cho, Sungkun; Lee, Jang-Han
- Issue Date
- Jun-2014
- Publisher
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
- Keywords
- body perception disturbance; complex regional pain syndrome; virtual body swapping; visual feedback
- Citation
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH, v.37, no.2, pp 167 - 172
- Pages
- 6
- Journal Title
- INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION RESEARCH
- Volume
- 37
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 167
- End Page
- 172
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/12167
- DOI
- 10.1097/MRR.0000000000000053
- ISSN
- 0342-5282
1473-5660
- Abstract
- The present study investigated the effects of virtual body swapping with mental rehearsal on pain intensity and body perception disturbance (BPD) in patients with complex regional pain syndrome. Patients with complex regional pain syndrome were assigned randomly to three experimental groups: the virtual body swapping with mental rehearsal' (VBS) group (n=13), the watching movement only' group (n=13), and the mental rehearsal only' (n=13) group. Then, pretreatment pain intensity and BPD were compared with post-treatment perceptions. The results showed that pain intensity did not decrease significantly after treatment in all of the groups. However, BPD improved significantly after treatment in the VBS group, but not in the other groups. Therefore, this study is the first to show the effects of a single session of VBS on BPD. Further studies should apply an elevated degree of immersion and create a more realistic virtual body. (C) 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health vertical bar Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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