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Simultaneously, virtual reality has moved beyond entertainment into clinical rehabilitation. VR-based interventions for phantom limb pain, stroke recovery, and chronic pain show promise by leveraging distraction, body ownership illusions, and motor retraining [2]. ostim vr
Yet, few VR systems explicitly attempt to mimic osteopathic stimulation — the mechanical and neurophysiological input that triggers tissue adaptation and central pain modulation. This gap motivates Ostim VR. [2] Mallari, B
[6] Jones, B., et al. (2021). Low-frequency vibrotactile stimulation reduces muscle tone in chronic neck pain . IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 14(3), 520-528. body ownership illusions