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Recent articles related to Mark's presentation:
Grassini S. (2022). Virtual Reality Assisted Non-Pharmacological Treatments in Chronic Pain Management: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Meta-Analysis. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(7), 4071. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19074071

Viderman, D., Tapinova, K., Dossov, M., Seitenov, S., & Abdildin, Y. G. (2023). Virtual reality for pain management: an umbrella review. Frontiers in medicine, 10, 1203670. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1203670

Smith, V., Warty, R. R., Sursas, J. A., Payne, O., Nair, A., Krishnan, S., da Silva Costa, F., Wallace, E. M., & Vollenhoven, B. (2020). The Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Managing Acute Pain and Anxiety for Medical Inpatients: Systematic Review. Journal of medical Internet research, 22(11), e17980. https://doi.org/10.2196/17980

Slatman, S., Groenveld, T., Ostelo, R., van Goor, H., Staal, J. B., & Knoop, J. (2024). Development of a Multimodal, Personalized Intervention of Virtual Reality Integrated Within Physiotherapy for Patients With Complex Chronic Low-Back Pain. Journal of medical extended reality, 1(1), 30–43. https://doi.org/10.1089/jmxr.2023.0002

Noble, T., Boone, L., & El Helou, A. (2023). The role of virtual reality as adjunctive therapy to spinal cord stimulation in chronic pain: A feasible concept?. Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland), 4, 1094125. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpain.2023.1094125

Li, R., Li, Y., Kong, Y., Li, H., Hu, D., Fu, C., & Wei, Q. (2024). Virtual Reality-Based Training in Chronic Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Journal of medical Internet research, 26, e45406. https://doi.org/10.2196/45406

Saby, A., Alvarez, A., Smolins, D., Petros, J., Nguyen, L., Trujillo, M., & Aygün, O. (2024). Effects of Embodiment in Virtual Reality for Treatment of Chronic Pain: Pilot Open-Label Study. JMIR formative research, 8, e34162. https://doi.org/10.2196/34162

Zhou, S., Gromala, D., & Wang, L. (2023). Ethical Challenges of Virtual Reality Technology Interventions for the Vulnerabilities of Patients With Chronic Pain: Exploration of Technician Responsibility. Journal of medical Internet research, 25, e49237. https://doi.org/10.2196/49237

Austin P. D. (2022). The Analgesic Effects of Virtual Reality for People with Chronic Pain: A Scoping Review. Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.), 23(1), 105–121. https://doi.org/10.1093/pm/pnab217 (behind paywall)

Ummels, D., Cnockaert, E., Timmers, I., den Hollander, M., & Smeets, R. (2023). Use of Virtual Reality in Interdisciplinary Multimodal Pain Treatment With Insights From Health Care Professionals and Patients: Action Research Study. JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies, 10, e47541. https://doi.org/10.2196/47541

Article posted in chat by Patricia:

Lumley, M. A., Yamin, J. B., Pester, B. D., Krohner, S., & Urbanik, C. P. (2022). Trauma matters: psychological interventions for comorbid psychosocial trauma and chronic pain. Pain, 163(4), 599–603. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002425

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