Effectiveness of Virtual Reality in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

NCT ID: NCT04014998

Last Updated: 2022-07-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

40 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-10-30

Study Completion Date

2021-10-10

Brief Summary

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Virtual reality application has been increasing in recent years for pain control, distraction in wound care, treatment of anxiety disorders and support for physical rehabilitation. For example, it has been found to be effective in reducing pain when used in addition to medical treatment during bandaging of severe burns. The studies related with chronic pain patients were stated that virtual reality application was found to be interactive and fun by patients. Therefore, The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of virtual reality on pain threshold, disability, balance, proprioception, exercise sustainability, muscular performance in neck region, quality of life and anxiety / depression in addition to the exercise program that includes stabilization exercises in patients with chronic neck pain.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Pain, Neck Virtual Reality Proprioception Balance

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Virtual Reality
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality + Exercise

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Virtual Reality

Intervention Type OTHER

Virtual reality group will have virtual reality for 20 minutes in addition to motor control exercises for 20 minutes. Virtual reality will apply using Oculus Go. On the other hand control group will have only exercise for 40 minutes. Exercises will include same exercises in both groups, but exercise group will perform exercises twice compared to virtual reality group.

Exercise

Exercise Only

Group Type OTHER

Virtual Reality

Intervention Type OTHER

Virtual reality group will have virtual reality for 20 minutes in addition to motor control exercises for 20 minutes. Virtual reality will apply using Oculus Go. On the other hand control group will have only exercise for 40 minutes. Exercises will include same exercises in both groups, but exercise group will perform exercises twice compared to virtual reality group.

Interventions

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Virtual Reality

Virtual reality group will have virtual reality for 20 minutes in addition to motor control exercises for 20 minutes. Virtual reality will apply using Oculus Go. On the other hand control group will have only exercise for 40 minutes. Exercises will include same exercises in both groups, but exercise group will perform exercises twice compared to virtual reality group.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Exercise

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* to have pain more than 3 months,
* to be sedentary,
* to have Neck Disability Index score more than 10.

Exclusion Criteria

* to have neurological deficits, vestibular pathology, history of surgery.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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HATİCE ÇETİN

Research Assisstant

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Halil Kamil Öge

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Hacettepe University

Locations

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Hacettepe University

Ankara, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

References

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Tashjian VC, Mosadeghi S, Howard AR, Lopez M, Dupuy T, Reid M, Martinez B, Ahmed S, Dailey F, Robbins K, Rosen B, Fuller G, Danovitch I, IsHak W, Spiegel B. Virtual Reality for Management of Pain in Hospitalized Patients: Results of a Controlled Trial. JMIR Ment Health. 2017 Mar 29;4(1):e9. doi: 10.2196/mental.7387.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28356241 (View on PubMed)

Li A, Montano Z, Chen VJ, Gold JI. Virtual reality and pain management: current trends and future directions. Pain Manag. 2011 Mar;1(2):147-157. doi: 10.2217/pmt.10.15.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21779307 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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VR2805

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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