Publications by authors named "Oswaldo Rosales"
Games Health J
August 2024
Article Synopsis
- Hospitalized children and their caregivers often face anxiety, and using virtual reality (VR) can help reduce this stress, but the effectiveness of different software design elements remains unclear.
- A study involving 202 participants evaluated how aspects like fictional environments and graphics quality influence feelings of awe and overall engagement with a custom VR application.
- Results showed that fictional settings increased awe in pediatric patients, while high-quality graphics were more effective for adult caregivers, and all measures of awe positively correlated with engagement. Future research will look into additional VR design elements.
Am J Phys Med Rehabil
January 2024
Article Synopsis
- The study aimed to explore how virtual reality (VR) combined with exercise affects sympathetic activity and pain perception, as a safer alternative to traditional pain medications.
- Healthy volunteers underwent a cold pressor test while using a VR application, measuring how sympathetic activation and pain responses changed between VR-only and VR-facilitated exercise conditions.
- Results showed higher sympathetic activity during VR-facilitated exercise, with pain perception decreasing significantly after the intervention, suggesting that this combination could be beneficial for pain management in settings like physical therapy.
J Clin Anesth
December 2023
Article Synopsis
- This study aims to explore how virtual reality (VR) combined with exercise can affect pain perception and anxiety.
- Conducted at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, the trial involved healthy participants who underwent a cold pressor test with and without VR-facilitated exercise.
- Results showed that VR-facilitated exercise significantly reduced pain sensitivity, suggesting it could benefit patients with chronic pain or those needing physical therapy, although pain tolerance levels remained unchanged.
Prehosp Emerg Care
February 2024
Article Synopsis
- Pediatric emergencies require specialized training for EMS clinicians, making augmented reality (AR) an innovative tool for crisis management training.
- A study was conducted with 22 EMS clinicians using Chariot AR software on the ML1 headset, which created realistic simulations of pediatric medical emergencies like seizures and cardiac arrest.
- Participants appreciated the training's realism and effectiveness in skill building but noted difficulties in merging AR elements with real-world scenarios and expressed a learning curve in using the technology.
