The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 391-397 , April 2009

Sustained Efficacy of Virtual Reality Distraction

  • Charles E. Rutter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
    • ,
  • Lynnda M. Dahlquist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Dr Lynnda M. Dahlquist, Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250.
    • ,
  • Karen E. Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland

Received 7 February 2008 ,Revised 10 September 2008 ,Accepted 23 September 2008.

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 Supported in part by a University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Undergraduate research award to the first author and by grant R01HD050385 from the National Institute for Child Health and Development, National Institutes of Health.

 The authors are not aware of any potential conflicts of interest.

PII: S1526-5900(08)00800-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2008.09.016

The Journal of Pain
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 391-397 , April 2009

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