Home-based virtual reality for chronic pain: protocol for an NIH-supported randomised-controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic pain is highly prevalent and associated with a large burden of illness; there is a pressing need for safe, home-based, non-pharmacological, interventions. Virtual reality (VR) is a digital therapeutic known to be effective for acute pain, but its role in chronic pain is not yet fully elucidated. Here we present a protocol for the National Institute of Health (NIH) Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) VR trial that evaluates the effectiveness of three forms of VR for patients with chronic lower back pain (cLBP), a highly prevalent form of chronic pain.

Methods and analysis

The NIH BACPAC VR trial will randomise 360 patients with cLBP into one of three arms, each administered through a head-mounted display: 1) skills-based VR, a program incorporating princ

SUBMITTER: Birckhead B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8207994 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature