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Virtual reality hypnosis for postoperative pain after total knee arthroplasty
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Abstract
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| Background and aims: Postoperative pain frequently occurs after total knee arthroplasty. This is a major cause of distress after surgery and often causes complications such as persistent pain. Adequate management of postoperative pain is therefore mandatory. Virtual Reality (VR) is a non-pharmacological way to decrease pain in a number of different situations, with the extended benefit of no opioid related side effects. VR can also be used as a method to induce therapeutic hypnosis, which enables the patients to be in control of their pain using (self-)induced hypnosis. Methods : The VR4POPKA (Virtual Reality for Post-Operative Pain management after Knee Arthroplasty) trial was set up as an interventional. randomized. controlled, single centre, double blind, parallel group superiority trial. Eligible patients are assigned to standard treatment group with a sham VR program or standard treatment with VR hypnosis. They will receive VR treatment on the day of surgery (DOS) and DOS+1, +2 and +3 during physiotherapy. Outcome variables are measured by Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) pain scores, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) Y questionnaires. piritramide consumption and degree of passive flexion during physiotherapy. Results : For various reasons, few data were available for analysis. Hence no conclusions can be drawn from these results. Mean piritramide consumption was lower in the VR Hypnosis group compared to the VR sham group. but this difference did not reach statistical significance. Conclusion : This study could not find statistical significant differences between the VR hypnosis and the VR sham group. It is however, a unique and interesting study design that comprises three heavily studied fields and yields possibilities for future research. |
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Language
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English
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Acta anaesthesiologica belgica / Belgische Vereniging voor Anesthesie en Reanimatie; Society for Anesthesia and Resuscitation of Belgium. - Brussel, 1950, currens
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Brussel
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2020
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ISSN
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0001-5164
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71
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(2020)
, p. 73-77
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000641759600010
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