Effects of Pain Neuroscience Education and Virtual Reality in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT06410027

Last Updated: 2026-01-27

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 40 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-04-20
• Study Completion Date: 2025-01-31

Brief Summary

The objective of our study is to evaluate the effects of a therapeutic intervention including

1-hour of pain neuroscience education session, 30-minutes of exposure to exercise with virtual realit and therapeutic exercise in patients with chronic low back pain.

Detailed Description

Chronic low back pain is the world's leading cause of years of life lived with disability. Negative thoughts and beliefs about pain experienced can lead to pain avoidance behaviours. Fear of movement is a common behaviour in this type of patients and is associated with avoidance of exercise. Virtual reality is a powerful distraction technique as it directs the patient's attention to an external stimulus rather than pain or body movement. Therefore, it can be beneficial to avoid some pain-related problems, such as kinesiophobia and inactivity. Moreover, pain neuroscience education aim to reconceptualise pain perceptions, beliefs, and avoidance behaviours. Then, the use of these interventions may be beneficial in the treatment of patients with chronic low back pain.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of a therapeutic intervention using pain neuroscience education and virtual reality in patients with chronic low back pain.

Conditions

Chronic Low-back Pain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Pain Neuroscience Education + Virtual Reality + Therapeutic Exercise

1-hour pain neuroscience education session + 30-minutes exposure to exercise with virtual reality + Therapeutic Exercise

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Pain Neuroscience Education + Virtual Reality + Therapeutic Exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients will receive 1-hour pain neuroscience education session + 30-minutes exposure to exercise with virtual reality + therapeutic exercise

Therapeutic Exercise

Therapeutic Exercise

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Therapeutic Exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Patients will receive therapeutic exercise

Interventions

Pain Neuroscience Education + Virtual Reality + Therapeutic Exercise

Patients will receive 1-hour pain neuroscience education session + 30-minutes exposure to exercise with virtual reality + therapeutic exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Therapeutic Exercise

Patients will receive therapeutic exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Chronic musculoskeletal pain (≥ 3 months)
• Adults (≥ 18 years and less than 65 years)
• Score ≤18 points in Pain Detect Scale
• Wish to participate in the study and sign the informed consent
• Speaking Spanish

Exclusion Criteria

• Neuropathic pain (score >18 in Pain Detect Scale)
• Physical or psychological pathology of any kind that imply an inability to understand the necessary instructions to carry out the study will be excluded.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Universidad de Granada

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Irene Torres Sánchez

PT, PhD, Principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Irene Torres Sánchez, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidad de Granada

Locations

University of Granada

Granada, , Spain

University of Granada

Granada, , Spain

Countries

Spain

Other Identifiers

DLCRV-01

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id