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Published on in Vol 4, No 7 (2020): July

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/17293, first published .
Self-Administered Skills-Based Virtual Reality Intervention for Chronic Pain: Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Self-Administered Skills-Based Virtual Reality Intervention for Chronic Pain: Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Self-Administered Skills-Based Virtual Reality Intervention for Chronic Pain: Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

Authors of this article:

Beth D Darnall1 Author Orcid Image ;   Parthasarathy Krishnamurthy2 Author Orcid Image ;   Jeannette Tsuei3 Author Orcid Image ;   Jorge D Minor4 Author Orcid Image
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