Video Games and Pain Management WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Video Games and Pain Management
Researchers say that playing an engaging video game may actually distract someones attention away from a painful activity and help people with chronic pain conditions, especially children. A study found that regardless of a person's personality or gaming experience, playing an active video game reduced their pain rating and increased pain tolerance compared with the other conditions.1
Fast Facts:
- Video games can give patients a way to gain some control over their suffering while waiting for treatment by specialists.2
- There has been no long term follow-up and no robust randomised controlled trials of using video games to control pain.3
- Effective therapy for pain management, regardless of aggressive or competitive tendencies.4
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Research Notes References
- ↑ WebMD: Video Games Zap Pain
- ↑ Canada.com: Video Games Beat Drugs for Chronic Pain
- ↑ BMJ Publishing: Video Games and Health
- ↑ About.com: Link Between Video Games and Pain Relief
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
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- Last update: Oct. 15, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Pain Management and Video Games, Video Games Effects on Pain Management, Video Games for Pain Management
- Last update: Feb. 4, 2009
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