The International journal of clinical and experimental hypnosis
-
Int J Clin Exp Hypn · Jan 2014
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyEffects of hypnotic analgesia and virtual reality on the reduction of experimental pain among high and low hypnotizables.
This research compared a no-treatment control condition and 3 experimentally induced pain treatment conditions: (a) virtual reality distraction (VRD), (b) hypnotic analgesia (HA), and (c) HA + VRD in relieving finger-pressure pain. After receiving baseline pain stimulus, each participant received hypnosis or no hypnosis, followed by VRD or no VRD during another pain stimulus. ⋯ High hypnotizables reported hypnotic analgesia, but low hypnotizables did not show hypnotic analgesia. VR distraction reduced pain regardless of hypnotizability.