Managing pain by visually distorting the size of painful body parts: is there any therapeutic value?

Priscilla G Wittkopf; Mark I Johnson

doi:10.2217/pmt.16.1

Managing pain by visually distorting the size of painful body parts: is there any therapeutic value?

Pain Manag. 2016;6(3):201-4. doi: 10.2217/pmt.16.1. Epub 2016 Mar 10.

Authors

Priscilla G Wittkopf^{1

2}, Mark I Johnson^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Centre for Pain Research, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.
² Leeds Pallium Research Group, Leeds, UK.

PMID: 26960347
DOI: 10.2217/pmt.16.1

No abstract available

Keywords: body image; chronic pain; embodiment; mirror visual feedback; pain; pain management; rehabilitation; virtual reality; visual distortion; visual illusion.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Body Image*
Humans
Pain Management / psychology*
Pain Perception*