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Behavioral Intervention

Usual Care PT + VR Pain Education for Lower Back Pain

N/A
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by University of Utah
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
i. Age 18-75 at time of first physical therapy session ii. Primary reason for physical therapy is low back pain iii. History of low back pain >/= 12 weeks
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 6 weeks
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

Randomized Clinical Trail (RCT) for patients already planned to attend physical therapy for chronic low back pain. Patients will be randomized to receive Physical Therapy (PT) as usual or PT plus pain education delivered via virtual-reality headset.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~6 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 6 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Acceptability Measures
Adherence
Rate of Recruitment
Secondary outcome measures
Back Beliefs Questionnaire (BBQ)
Brief Resiliency Scale (BRS)
Fear Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire (FABQ)
+7 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Usual Care PT + VR Pain EducationExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
Patients will attend normal course of PT without influence of duration or frequency of care. Patients will also receive up to 12 session of pain education delivered via VR headset
Group II: Usual Care PTActive Control1 Intervention
Patients will attend normal course of PT without influence from study team.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
VR Pain Education
2022
N/A
~60
Usual Care Physical Therapy
2022
N/A
~60

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Belmont UniversityOTHER
2 Previous Clinical Trials
University of UtahLead Sponsor
1,099 Previous Clinical Trials
1,778,637 Total Patients Enrolled
Benchmark Physical TherapyUNKNOWN

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~17 spots leftby Apr 2025