The Use of Virtual Reality for Lumbar Pain Management in an Outpatient Spine Clinic
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Conditions studied: Chronic Low Back Pain
In brief
The management of chronic pain is a significant public health issue related to escalating treatment costs, lost productivity, disability and medication use. The prevalence of chronic pain is rising alarmingly across all subpopulations with chronic low back pain (LBP) being labeled as one of the 15 most expensive medical conditions. Both study investigators are involved in the medical treatment of these patients. The investigators are interested in testing the effectiveness of alternative treatment strategies that address the complexity of chronic pain that is often mediated not only by physiologic variables, but also psychosocial issues. There is emerging evidence that Virtual Reality (VR) may be an effective pain management tool to augment care in this population, reducing medical costs, decreasing medication use, improving outcomes and empowering patients to take more control over their own health and management of chronic pain. Less is known about the use of this technology delivered in the context of care delivered in an outpatient clinical setting.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03819907
- Run by
- Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital
- People needed
- 45
- Starts
- 2019-04-08
- Expected to finish
- 2019-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-02-23
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Patients attending an appointment to receive a lumbar spinal injection.
- Patients meeting the definition of chronic LBP as established by the NIH task force: Back pain problem that has persisted at least 3 months, and has resulted in pain on at least half the days in the past 6 months
You may not qualify if…
- Age younger than 18 years
- Not being fluent and literate in English
- Patients receiving injections in areas other than the lumbar or pelvic region
Where it is running
- Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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