通过催眠,虚拟现实和虚拟现实催眠对健康个体进行实验性疼痛调节的比较
Floriane Rousseaux1,2,3, Émilie Giguère4,5, Mathieu Landry3,6,7
1Conscious Care Lab, GIGA Consciousness, GIGA Institute, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium.
European journal of pain (London, England)
|November 10, 2025
概括
虚拟现实 (VR) 有效地减少了疼痛感知和感知性曲反射 (NFR). 将催眠添加到VR并没有始终增强这些止痛效果,这表明潜在的干扰.
科学领域:
- 疼痛研究 疼痛研究
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
背景情况:
- 催眠和虚拟现实 (VR) 是针对急性疼痛管理的已知行为干预措施.
- 催眠暗示可以调节感知曲反射 (NFR),表明下降疼痛调节.
- 虚拟现实催眠 (VRH) 的综合方法可能提供协同作用的疼痛缓解,但需要经验验证.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较放松催眠,VR和VRH在调节疼痛感知方面的有效性.
- 调查这些干预措施对生理学可感应反应 (NFR) 的影响.
- 为了确定VRH是否与单个技术相比提供了优越的止痛效果.
主要方法:
- 24名健康参与者接受了三个相反的条件:放松催眠,VR和VRH.
- 使用自我报告措施评估疼痛强度和不愉快感.
- 通过皮肤电刺激引起的NFR振幅被测量为 nociception 的生理指标.
主要成果:
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 显示了强有力的证据,可以减少NFR,疼痛强度和不愉快感.
- 放松性催眠显示了关于减少NFR和疼痛的事或中度证据.
- 虽然VRH显示了减轻疼痛的证据,但它并不始终超过单独的VR,在所有措施中没有发现这三种技术之间的显著差异.
结论:
- 虚拟现实 (VR) 单独是缓解疼痛和调节NFR的有效干预措施.
- 将VR与催眠 (VRH) 结合起来并不能保证增强止痛效果,并且在某些情况下可能导致干扰.
- 这些发现需要对VRH应用有细微的理解,为临床实践和未来研究方向提供信息.
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