Virtual Reality Therapy for the Management of Chronic Spinal Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) therapy in adults with chronic spinal pain (CSP) is unclear.

Objective

This study was conducted to compare the effectiveness of VR therapy and other therapies in adults with CSP, especially patients with inflammation-related pain.

Methods

PubMed, Web of Science, Cochrane Library, Embase, and CINAHL databases were searched up to November 11, 2023. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing adults with CSP receiving VR therapy with those receiving other therapies were included. The trial registration platform as well as the reference lists of included studies and previous systematic reviews and meta-analyses were manually searched. Two independent reviewers performed study selection, data extraction, risk-of-bias a

SUBMITTER: Zhang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10897798 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature