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A virtual reality program to assess cognitive function in multiple sclerosis: A pilot study

Published in Frontiers in Human Neuroscience on March 16, 2023

By Wan-Yu Hsu, Joaquin Anguera, Albert Rizzo, Richard Campusano, Nancy D. Chiaravalloti, John DeLuca, Adam Gazzaley, Riley Bove

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Early Scaling of Immersive Technology Within the Veterans Health Administration

Published in Catalyst in March 2024

By Anne Lord Bailey, PharmD, BCPS, Susan Kirsh, MD, MPH, CMQ, Caitlin R. Rawlins, MSN, RN, Susan Persky, PhD, and Carolyn Clancy, MD, MACP

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Effects of Patient Education and Distraction Approaches Using Virtual Reality on Pre-operative Anxiety and Post-operative Pain in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy

Published in Pain Management Nursing on December 23, 2022

By Fatemeh Abbasnia, M.Sc, Nahid Aghebati, Ph.D., Hamid Heidarian Miri, Ph.D., Mohammad Etezadpour, Ph.D.

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Clinical feasibility and preliminary outcomes of a novel mixed reality system to manage phantom pain: a pilot study

Published in Pilot and Feasibility Studies on October 22, 2022

By Thiru M Annaswamy, Kanchan Bahirat, Gargi Raval, Yu Yen Chung, Tri Pham and Balakrishnan Prabhakaran

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Speech-Language Pathologists’ Views of Using Virtual Reality for Managing Cognitive-Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury

Published in American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology on September 8, 2022

By Sophie Brassel, Melissa Brunner, Emma Power, Andrew Campbell, and Leanne Toghera

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Enhancing exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a randomized clinical trial of virtual reality and imaginal exposure with a cognitive enhancer

Published in Translational Psychiatry on July 27, 2022

By JoAnn Difede, Barbara O. Rothbaum, Albert A. Rizzo, Katarzyna Wyka, Lisa Spielman, Christopher Reist, Michael J. Roy, Tanja Jovanovic, Seth D. Norrholm, Judith Cukor

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Editorial: Virtual Reality Applications in Military and Veteran Medicine and Healthcare

Published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality on February 17, 2022

By Rudolph P. Darken, Barry Peterson and Julie Gore

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Advances In Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality (XR) In VA Facilities

Published in Physiatry Forward in 2021

By Thiru Annaswamy, MD, MA

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Effect of Immersive Virtual Reality on Pain and Anxiety at a Veterans Affairs Health Care Facility

Published in Frontiers in Virtual Reality in 2021

By Caitlin R. Rawlins, Zachary Veigulis, Catherine Hebert, Catherine Curtin, and Thomas F. Osborne

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Effects of virtual reality on relieving postoperative pain in surgical patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Published in International Journal of Surgery on August 19, 2020

By Lingyu Ding, Hongxia Hua, Hanfei Zhu, Shuqin Zhu, Jinling Lu, Kang Zhao, Qin Xu

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