Mixed Reality Gaming for Chronic Low Back Pain

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Recurrent Low Back Pain
• Interventions: Device: Exergaming

• Registration Number: NCT03603028
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brief Summary

Mixed Reality Gaming for Chronic Low Back Pain

Detailed Description

The company, From the Future and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) team aimed to develop a virtual reality (VR) game that integrated with the features of a specialized self-driven treadmill to provide accessible and progressive walking challenges for individuals with chronic low back pain (LBP). The game was designed to go beyond typical VR research efforts and provide a truly immersive and engaging experience that would motivate individuals with high pain-related fear to keep moving.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-04-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-25
• Study First Posted: 2018-07-27
• Study Start: 2018-08-17
• Primary Completion: 2018-09-30
• Study Completion: 2018-09-30
• Results First Submitted: 2019-11-01
• Status Verified: 2020-01
• Results First Submitted QC: 2020-01-13
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-01-13
• Results First Posted: 2020-01-22
• Last Update Posted: 2020-01-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

History of chronic low back pain

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Exclusion Criteria

No major neurological, cardiac, pulmonary, or other orthopedic injuries

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Exergaming	Exergaming	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Walking Distance	Day 1 through Day 3 of study	How far participants walk while playing the game as measured by a meter on the instrumented treadmill.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Walking Speed	Day 1 - Day 3 of study	How fast participants walk while playing the game by dividing the distance people walked by the amount of time that they walked

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Alabama at Birmingham; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States