NCT05254509

Virtual Reality, Debriefing and Chronic Pain

The Effects of Virtual Reality With Debriefing on Patients With Chronic Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will determine if occupational therapy or the combination of occupational therapy and virtual reality is the better treatment for chronic low back pain (CLBP)patients.

Detailed description

Chronic musculoskeletal pain is defined as persistent or recurrent pain lasting more than 3 months. Chronic pain is a complex and disabling physiological and psychosocial disorder that does not provide an adaptive or protective purpose. In chronic pain, the precipitating event (e.g., fracture, sprain, trauma) is healed, and yet excessive pain remains. In Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) people experience a three-dimensional, computer-generated environment via a computer headset. IVR has been used to treat acute pain, but there have been few focused studies on the effects of IVR on chronic pain. When people with chronic pain are in IVR, they become unaware of their body and tend to move normally. We would like to test to see if IVR has a lasting effect in this study. Thus, IVR has strong potential as an additional tool in an arsenal of treatments for chronic pain. This study will examine if IVR can reduce pain and other symptoms in people with chronic pain.

Conditions

• Chronic Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Occupational Therapy	Occupational therapy helps individuals with chronic pain to participate in daily activities in an adaptive way. The subjects will be provided with customized plans and objectives to address their self-care, vocational, and leisure goals. This includes education, home exercises, stress management, home safety, energy conservation, and work simplification - all of which promote a safe return to daily activities.
OTHER	Occupational Therapy +Virtual Reality	The occupational therapy +VR utilizes the regular therapy sessions along with providing a Virtual reality headset to relieve pain. After each VR session, there will be a debriefing from the therapist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-04-18
• Primary completion: 2023-09-13
• Completion: 2023-09-13
• First posted: 2022-02-24
• Last updated: 2025-02-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States