An Interactive Gaming-based Intervention for Back Pain
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Non-specific Chronic Low Back Pain
In brief
This study aims to compare the outcomes of a traditional, exercise-based rehabilitation intervention for chronic low back pain with the outcomes achieved by combining a traditional intervention with adjunct therapy delivered using an interactive gaming-based system for home-based therapy.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02503410
- Run by
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- People needed
- 7
- Starts
- 2015-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2017-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-05-28
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- English speaking
- Back pain subject-rated > 3 on an 11 point visual-analog scale (0-10), with pain reported for a time > 6 months
- Able to commit to all study visits
- Low back pain attributable to mechanical etiology as opposed to infectious, neoplastic, or inflammatory causes.
- BMI ≤ 40
- Familiar with tablet use
You may not qualify if…
- Vision or mobility impairment interfering with the performance of the interactive games
- Current or anticipated receipt of payments from Worker's Compensation or other insurance for disability attributed to low back pain
- Additional treatment for back pain during the period of the study, such as acupuncture
- Unresolved musculoskeletal pathology of the lower limbs
- Severe radiculopathic pain
- Alcohol or substance abuse
- Prior discectomy or implantation of rods, screws or plates (bulging disc without radicular pain is not exclusionary; hip or shoulder replacement is not exclusionary)
- Current medication with coumadin or prednisone, chronic use of steroid medications, daily use of narcotic analgesics, or estrogen supplementation, tricyclic anti-depressants (if not on a regular steady dose at least one month prior to enrollment), or any substance that could impair balance.
- Current diagnosis of:
- Balance problems due to vestibular or other neurological impairments.
- Osteoporosis (Osteopenia is not an exclusionary condition)
- Fibromyalgia
- Severe or progressive neurological deficits, including neuromotor impairment
- Any hypercoagulation condition
- Eczema, Psoriasis, or skin infections, and deep vein thrombosis
- Burns or other acute trauma including unhealed bone fractures or open wounds
- Psychiatric illness not well controlled, or current episode of exacerbated major depressive disorder
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Any other major medical condition that would impair the subject's ability to complete the study visits
- Any other major medical condition that has not been stabilized, or that would impair the subject's ability to complete the activities required by the study
Where it is running
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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