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Effectiveness of Scenario-Driven Virtual Reality for Improving Nursing Students’ Behavioral Responses Toward Older Adults With Dementia: Protocol for a 4-Arm Postintervention Study

Dianis Wulan Sari, Hadziq Fabroyir, Neisya Pratiwindya Sudarsiwi, Manami Takaoka, Nurul Hidayati, Etty Rekawati, Muhammad Rafi Insan Fillah, Widian Sasi Disertasiani, Nauvila Fitrotul 'Aini, Nur Arifah Astri, Gerry Sihaj, Harits Ar Rosyid, Andika Bagus Nur Rahma Putra, Ayumi Igarashi

JMIR Res Protoc 2026 (Sep 22); 15:e95684

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Medical students practice lumbar puncture on a spine model with AR guidance.

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User Experience Comparison of a Traditional Mannequin-Based and an Augmented Reality Lumbar Puncture Simulator in Geriatric Medicine Training: Questionnaire Study

Emma Combret, Alexis Bourgeais, Frédéric Noublanche, Cédric Annweiler

JMIR XR Spatial Comput 2026 (Sep 21); 3:e98090

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Feasibility and Acceptability of Perioperative Application of Biofeedback-Based Virtual Reality vs Control for Pain and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents Undergoing Surgery: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Anna M Lin, Brenna Rachwal, Lindsey Asti, Zandantsetseg Orgil, Isabela Santiago, Lili Ding, Susmita Kashikar-Zuck, Christopher D King, Sara E Williams, William R Black, Peter C Minneci, Vanessa A Olbrecht

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Sep 16); 28:e94604

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Bringing the Green Environment From Outdoors to Indoors Through Virtual Reality for Psychological Well-Being: Quasi-Experimental Study

Dorothy Bai, Jou-Ting Lin, Hao-Yun Huang, Hsin-Yen Yen

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Sep 16); 28:e93494

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Virtual Reality–Assisted Therapy Compared to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Patients With Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: Assessor-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial

Mélissa Beaudoin, Stéphane Potvin, Sabrina Giguère, Charles-Édouard Giguère, Frederick Aardema, Amal Abdel-Baki, Luigi De Benedictis, Olivier Lipp, Pierre Lalonde, Emmanuel Stip, Alexandra Fortier, Kingsada Phraxayavong, Alexandre Dumais

JMIR Ment Health 2026 (Sep 16); 13:e106791

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Dynamic Adoption of Immersive Tai Chi Training Among Older Adults: Exploratory Qualitative-Dominant Longitudinal Mixed Methods Follow-Up Study of Virtual and Mixed Reality Delivery

Xiacheng Song, Huafeng Qu, Jing Jin, Lu Sun, Xiqiong Yi, Junfeng Zhu, Huirong Huang

JMIR Serious Games 2026 (Sep 15); 14:e96262

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Supporting the Learning of Visual Perception Skills in Cytology Through a Computational Tool: Development and Evaluation Study

Breno Nunes de Sena Keller, Mariana T Rezende, Renata RR Oliveira, Cristina RP Costa, Claudia M Carneiro, Andrea G Campos

JMIR Form Res 2026 (Sep 10); 10:e79508

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Virtual Care Expansion and Physician Follow-Up Among Youth With First Mental Health Contact Through a Hospital: Population-Based Repeated Cross-Sectional Study

Erica Wennberg, Emily Hamovitch, Aditi Patrikar, Peter C Austin, Paul Kurdyak, Katherine E Nelson, Amreen Babujee, Astrid Guttmann

JMIR Ment Health 2026 (Sep 09); 13:e94389

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Extended Reality Interventions for Osteoarthritis of the Knee and Recovery After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses

Caleb Kalinowski, Elizabeth Goldsmith, Maylen Anthony, Adrienne Landsteiner, Kristen Ullman, Nicholas Zerzan, Tonya Rich, Collin Calvert, Timothy J Wilt, Wei Duan-Porter, David Ewart

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Sep 08); 28:e84753

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Electroencephalography Functional Network Responses to Immersive Virtual Reality in Alzheimer Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment: Exploratory Single-Session 3-Group Repeated-Measures Study

Yi Hao Yao, SHIBO XU, Eun-Seong Kim, Eun-Ah Kim, Yan-Xiong Wang, Hyun Soo Kim, Do Hoon Kim, Jun-Ge Liang, Young-Kee Shin, Nam-Young Kim

JMIR Serious Games 2026 (Sep 04); 14:e95160

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Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Sensory and Cognitive Demands in an Immersive Virtual Reality Shopping Task in Unimpaired Young Adults: Within-Subjects Experimental Study

Salvatore Luca Cucinella, Job LA Mulder, Joost CF de Winter, Laura Marchal-Crespo

JMIR Serious Games 2026 (Aug 28); 14:e84893

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A Conceptual Framework for 4D Holographic Visualization in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: Toward Externalized Spatiotemporal Cognition

Hayato Yamaguchi, Masakatsu Fukuzawa, Takashi Kawai, Fumito Yamanishi, Takahiro Muramatsu, Tadashi Ichimiya, Yasuyuki Kagawa, Kumiko Uchida, Akira Madarame, Takashi Morise, Yoshiya Yamauchi, Shin Kono, Sakiko Naito, Takao Itoi

JMIR XR Spatial Comput 2026 (Aug 27); 3:e99446

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Dentist explains 3D dental scan in VR headset to patient.

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Immersive Virtual Reality for Patient Education in Orthodontics: Cross-Sectional Feasibility and Acceptability Study

Yoo Jin Kim, Glenn Jou, Hyun Cho, Mathias Stephen Fallis, Glenn Sameshima

JMIR Serious Games 2026 (Aug 27); 14:e102686

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Two women in a living room, one wearing a VR headset and gesturing, the other watching

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One-Session Versus Three-Sessions of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Public Speaking Anxiety: Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Goda Gegieckaitė, Olga Zamalijeva, Karolina Petraškaitė, Egle Nagevice, Philip Lindner, Per Carlbring, Tom Van Daele, Gerhard Andersson, Jonas Eimontas

JMIR Res Protoc 2026 (Aug 25); 15:e89612

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Exploratory Patterns of Task Difficulty and Visual Feedback in Virtual Reality–Based Upper-Limb Trajectory Training

Yu Shi, Sophie Dewil, Zachary Marvin, Noam Y Harel, Raviraj Nataraj

JMIR XR Spatial Comput 2026 (Aug 21); 3:e94745

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Novel Virtual Reality Methods for the Treatment of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Using a User-Centered Design Approach: Focus Group Study

Michael Colman, Josie F A Millar, Bhagyashree Patil, Daniel J Finnegan, Mhairi Kristoffersen, Danae Stanton Fraser

JMIR XR Spatial Comput 2026 (Aug 20); 3:e92410

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Olfactory Cues and Patient Safety Behavior in Virtual Reality Medical Simulation: Controlled Trial

Anna Junga, Pascal Kockwelp, Jennifer Dabel, Sönke Helmut Scherzer, Benjamin Risse, Markus Holling, Bernhard Marschall, Hendrik Friederichs

JMIR Med Educ 2026 (Aug 19); 12:e93148

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Digital Physical Exercise Interventions for Cognitive Functions in Older Adults: Systematic Review and Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Qing Hu, Siyi Sun, Jingru Zhu, Xiaoke Zhong, Shengyu Dai, Changhao Jiang

J Med Internet Res 2026 (Aug 18); 28:e92764

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Aging Like Milk or Fine Wine: Content Analysis of Reactions to One’s Future Self on TikTok

Reuben Ng, Nicole Indran

JMIR Aging 2026 (Aug 18); 9:e70794

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Structured Virtual Reality Exergame Intervention in Adolescents With Mild Intellectual Disabilities: Pre-Post Pilot Study on Motor Proficiency and Reaction Time

Julia Ciążyńska, Agnieszka Kazimiera Rudowicz, Aneta Worska, Janusz Maciaszek

JMIR Serious Games 2026 (Aug 14); 14:e95572

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