Virtual reality-based therapy for chronic low back and neck pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To compile all the scientific evidence available to date to evaluate the effect of virtual reality based therapy (VRBT) on reducing pain intensity, kinesiophobia, and associated disability, and on increasing the hr-QoL in patients with chronic neck pain (CNP) or chronic low back pain (CLBP).

Methods

Studies published in PubMed Medline, SCOPUS, Web of Science, CINAHL Complete, and Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) up to June 2023 were searched. All searches followed the PICOS Framework. Two authors independently screened the studies found in the searches. Any differences of opinion regarding the selection of studies were settled by a third author.

Results

Twenty-five RCTs, published between 2013 and 2022, providing data from 1261 patients (20 RCTs) with C

SUBMITTER: Henriquez-Jurado JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11297406 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature