Another in my series highlighting vMed2024 presenters!
I love seeing so much great work using #virtualreality in #healthcare #learning!
Here the authors report the results from a randomized prospective trial of #effecacy in #pediatric patients for #orthopedic clinical procedures.
A prospective randomized controlled trial included patients between age 5 and 17 years, presenting to a tertiary care pediatric orthopedic clinic.
Parallel groups underwent #orthopedic procedures in clinic, utilizing immersive and interactive virtual reality distraction therapies versus standard of care.
Procedures included cast application, cast removal, bone pin removal, and fracture reduction.
All pre-procedure parameters were similar between the groups.
Average change in maximum heart rate in the virtual reality and control groups was 10.6 ± 10.1 versus 18.4 ± 11.0 (p = 0.00048).
The virtual reality group demonstrated trends toward lower perceived anxiety (1.7 ± 2.8 versus 2.9 ± 3.6, p = 0.0666) when compared to controls.
This level 1 study is the first to utilize objective biometric measurements to evaluate use of interactive virtual reality during multiple types of pediatric orthopedic procedures in the clinical setting.
More amazing work from Korak Sarkar, MD, MHDS, FAAN and colleagues!
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