The Analgesic Effects of Virtual Reality for People with Chronic Pain: A Scoping Review

Objective Although virtual reality is shown to have short-term analgesic effects in acute pain settings, its long-term efficacy in chronic pain conditions has not been established. This scoping review aims to provide a summary of virtual reality approaches explored in chronic primary and secondary pain conditions as defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain. Methods A systematic literature search in Ovid PubMed and Ovid...