VR-guided Exercise and Mindfulness Program for People with Chronic Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT06611566
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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)
In this study we assessed the feasibility of a VR-guided intervention seeking to improve physical fitness in individuals with chronic pain. In a randomised controlled trial with a cross-over design and participants in rehabilitation for chronic pain were asked to perform, in a counter-balanced order, five minutes of aerobic exercise following identical instructions given through either a VR headset or TV screen. The procedures were then repeated with mindfulness exercises. Heart rate (HR) was monitored throughout all four sessions and participants self-reported perceived exercise intensity, benefit, relaxation, and reward. Paired Student's t-test, Wilcoxon signed rank test and McNemar's test were performed to compare the outcome variables across sessions for individuals, as appropriate.
Study details
- Official title
- Virtual-reality-guided Exercise and Mindfulness Program for People with Chronic Pain Under Rehabilitation: a Randomised Controlled Cross-over Trial
- Conditions
- Chronic Pain
- Rehabilitation
- Interventions
- Behavioral: VR-guided aerobic exercise
- Behavioral: VR-guided mindfulness exercise
- Behavioral: TV-guided aerobic exercises
- Behavioral: TV-guided mindfulness exercises
- Sponsor
- Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
- Collaborators
- The Research Council of Norway
- Start date
- 2022-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2023-03-01
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Norway
- Total sites listed
- 2
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * The inclusion criteria were adults (\>18 years of age) with chronic musculo-skeletal pain. Exclusion Criteria: * The exclusion criteria were inability to perform VR-delivered physical exercise
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06611566