Virtual Reality-based Motor Imagery in Patients With Fibromyalgia

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Conditions studied: Fibromyalgia Patients

In brief

This study investigated the effects of a virtual reality-based motor imagery intervention integrated into a conventional exercise programme on pain outcomes (pain intensity, central sensitisation, pressure pain threshold, galvanic skin response, pain catastrophising), quality of life, sleep quality, fatigue, psychological outcomes (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), imagery ability and patient satisfaction.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07528599

Run by

Inonu University

People needed

28

Starts

2026-03-25

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• To be a volunteer,
• To have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia according to the 2016 ACR diagnostic criteria,
• To be aged between 18 and 60,
• To have had pain symptoms for at least 3 months,
• To be receiving standard medical treatment,

You may not qualify if…

• The presence of neurological or orthopaedic conditions that would prevent participation in the rehabilitation programme
• Pregnancy,
• The presence of cognitive impairments that could affect cooperation,
• The presence of serious, uncontrolled health problems,
• A history of lower limb or spinal surgery
• Visual or hearing impairments;
• Serious psychiatric disorders
• A diagnosis of migraine
• Regular physical exercise in the last three months (≥2 days per week)
• Participation in any concurrent physiotherapy or rehabilitation intervention

Where it is running

• Inonu University — Malatya, Turkey (Türkiye)

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