DEVICE FOR CAUSING AESTHETIC CHILLS OR FRISSONS BY MEANS OF MULTISENSORY AND MULTIMODAL STIMULATION TO RELIEVE CHRONIC PAIN AND METHOD FOR USE

摘要

The invention relates to a self-care device for patients with chronic pain, which the patient can use to induce, intensify and maintain frissons using multisensory and multimodal stimuli, namely musical, visual, aromatic and vibrotactile stimuli and cold applied to the skin surface over the spine. The invention also relates to a method for using same by means of perceptual learning. The device consists of a computer and a computational system with a music and video player, lighting, the presentation of aromas and a closed hydraulic circuit with a hydraulic actuator.