Overview
What It Is AppliedVR offers immersive VR therapeutics focused on chronic pain, including FDA-authorized programs designed to reduce pain intensity and interference through skills-based immersive content.
How It Works Guided VR experiences teach pain-regulation skills and shift attention and threat processing related to chronic pain—behavioral and attentional mechanisms rather than tissue repair.
Conditions - Primary: chronic pain (including authorized chronic low back pain pathways) - Adjunct to medical and behavioral pain care
How it is administered
Prescription or clinician-directed VR headset program used at home over a multi-week course (protocol-dependent).
Conditions connected in the NPA database
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Symptoms connected in the NPA database
The current record associates this treatment with the following symptom information. This is not a claim that the treatment will improve these symptoms.
Emotion & Behavior
- anxiety
- depression
- frustration
- Irritability
Sensory & Pain
- heightened sensitivity
- Persistent pain (aching, burning, stabbing)
Practical information
Insurance coverage
Coverage expanding for authorized indications; confirm with insurer and program.
Cost information
Program pricing varies; insurance may reduce out-of-pocket for eligible members.
Results and outcomes described in the source record
Often assessed over an 8-week-style course depending on protocol.
Side effects and risks
Low risk; temporary motion discomfort possible. Not for all visual or vestibular profiles.
Research context in the NPA database
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Research summary
Evidence Level: Moderate (authorized chronic pain applications) Key takeaway: One of the best-known FDA-authorized VR therapeutics for chronic pain.
Research detail
Overview AppliedVR provides immersive, skills-based VR programs for chronic pain with regulatory authorization for selected uses.
Outcomes Program and trial data support reductions in pain intensity and interference for many participants in authorized pathways.
Questions to ask a provider
1. Is AppliedVR appropriate for my type of chronic pain? 2. Is the program FDA-authorized for my indication? 3. Will insurance cover it? 4. What does the home schedule look like? 5. How is progress measured?
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