Self-Administered Behavioral Skills-Based At-Home Virtual Reality Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic pain is one of the most common and debilitating health conditions. Treatments for chronic low back pain typically focus on biomedical treatment approaches. While psychosocial treatments exist, multiple barriers prevent broad access. There is a significant unmet need for integrative, easily accessible, non-opioid solutions for chronic pain. Virtual reality (VR) is an immersive technology allowing innovation in the delivery of behavioral pain treatments. Behavioral skills-based VR is effective at facilitating pain management and reducing pain-related concerns. Continued research on these emerging approaches is needed.

Objective

In this randomized controlled trial, we seek to test the efficacy of a self-administered behavioral skills-based VR program as a non

SUBMITTER: Garcia LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854039 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature