Virtual Reality Based High-intensity Interval Training in Chronic Low Back Pain
CompletedNot applicableNCT07388134
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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)
One of the most prevalent causes of pain on a global scale is chronic musculoskeletal pain. Low back pain is a prevalent manifestation of chronic musculoskeletal pain. There are a wide vary of no pharmacologic treatment for chronic pain. From a physiotherapy perspective, the chronic pain management should be oriented towards increasing the self-management of people with chronic pain. The management components in question are therapeutic exercise and education. High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is a novel therapeutic exercise strategy that has been shown to reduce pain and disability in chronic low back pain. It is a hopeful strategy to enhance motivation to treatment. Pain neuroscience education (PNE) has also been demonstrated to enhance pain and disability in chronic low back pain. Finally, virtual reality (VR) has been demonstrated to be effective in the chronic low back pain management. Despite the benefits mentioned in these three therapies being isolated, there are no studies that have compared VR-based HIIT (VR-HIIT) with PNE in chronic low back pain. The use of these interventions may increase the intervention benefits. The investigators hypothesise that VR-HIIT with PNE can reduce pain intensity, enhance fear of movement and improve motivation for treatment in chronic low back pain. Therefore, the aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of VR-HIIT with PNE in chronic low back pain.
Study details
- Official title
- Effects of Virtual Reality Based High-intensity Interval Training in Chronic Low Back Pain
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Virtual reality based high intensity interval training (VR-HIIT) group
- Other: High intensity interval training (HIIT) group
- Sponsor
- Universidad de Granada
- Start date
- 2026-02-09
- Primary completion
- 2026-05-28
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Spain
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults 18-65 years * Chronic low back pain * Pain intensity ≥ 3 points with the numeric pain rating scale * Ability to walk ≥ 15 minutes * Wish to participate in the study and sign the informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Patients with severe comorbidities that interfere with the ability to perform the study * People who are currently participating in another study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT07388134