Mixed Reality Gaming for Chronic Low Back Pain

University of Alabama at Birmingham13 enrolled

Overview

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 Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Recurrent Low Back Pain

Interventions

ExergamingDEVICE

Mixed Reality Gaming for Chronic Low Back Pain

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: History of chronic low back pain Exclusion Criteria: No major neurological, cardiac, pulmonary, or other orthopedic injuries

Locations (1)

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Walking Distance

How far participants walk while playing the game as measured by a meter on the instrumented treadmill.

Time frame: Day 1 through Day 3 of study

Secondary Outcomes

Walking Speed

How fast participants walk while playing the game by dividing the distance people walked by the amount of time that they walked

Time frame: Day 1 - Day 3 of study

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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