Feasibility Study on an Immersive Virtual Reality Tool in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT04781465
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Chronic low back pain is a major public health problem today, because of its prevalence and its socio-professional impact. Multiple drug or non-drug treatments exist but the pain chronicization mechanism makes the management of chronic low back pain patients difficult. Stress rehabilitation programs in specialized structures have been set up to try to improve the outcome of these patients. Likewise, home exercise is recommended. However, adherence to these exercises is generally poor. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the use of new technologies, based on the use of digital tools, in the management of pain. Thus, in patients with chronic low back pain, the attractiveness of the proposed exercise programs with new technologies, the possibility of progression in the same exercise and the possibility of customizing these exercises have been reported as being able to meet the expectations of patients. for the purpose of rehabilitation. In virtual reality, users interact in an environment simulated by a 3-dimensional computer. This technology uses multisensory resources allowing the user to feel totally immersed in the virtual environment. Virtual reality has shown a benefit in the management of pain in several indications. In low back pain patients, pain avoidance mechanisms are put in place very early due to fear of situations or movements that may reproduce or intensify the pain. Thus, for fear of pain, individuals avoid certain movements, in particular lumbar flexion movements. This avoidance of the lumbar flexion movement actually worsens the pain phenomenon because of the musculoskeletal changes associated with it. Therefore, one of the therapeutic areas for the management of chronic low back pain would be to improve lumbar flexion capacities.
Study details
- Official title
- Feasibility Study on an Immersive Virtual Reality Tool in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Sponsor
- Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph
- Start date
- 2020-01-07
- Primary completion
- 2021-09-06
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 60 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- France
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: * Man or woman whose age ≥ 18 years and \<60 years * French-speaking patient * Affiliated with social security or, failing that, with another health insurance system. * Non-specific low back pain +/- radiculalgia, mechanical, evolving for at least 3 months * Patient able to understand and respond to simple instructions * Numerical assessment scale for lumbar pain greater than or equal to 4/10 * Patient having given free, informed and express consent. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman * Patients with nausea, vomiting, dizziness * Visual disturbance or hearing impairment, vestibular disorder or other disorder which, according to the investigator, makes it impossible to use a virtual reality mask or headset * Concomitant monitoring of another rehabilitation process (physiotherapy, occupational therapy, osteopathy, or other) * Patients with a history of neurological disorders such as epilepsy * Major cervical or lumbar osteoarthritis or severe scoliosis making it impossible to mobilize the spinal segment concerned * Biological inflammatory syndrome or inflammatory nature of pain * Fibromyalgia / chronic diffuse pain syndrome * Psychiatric pathology, except depression if the disease is controlled * Symptomatic back pain due to neoplasia / infection / underlying vertebral fracture * Recent spine surgery \<6 months * Active neoplasia * Refusal to follow the entire rehabilitation program * Geographical distance not allowing travel to a rehabilitation center * Spinal infiltration less than 1 month old * Patient under guardianship or curatorship * Patient deprived of liberty * Patient under legal protection.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04781465