NCT06154850Completed
Effects of Virtual Reality on Brain Hemodynamic Activity in Chronic Pain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Mar 2024
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Virtual reality systems have been applied in recent years to reduce pain intensity and fear of movement in individuals with acute and chronic pain. The main mechanism of virtual reality methods in pain control is to provide the effect of distraction from pain. Virtual reality systems allow the individuals to feel themselves in a different environment and shift their attention to the game they are playing or the virtual world created rather than the pain they feel. This is thought to be the main mechanism of pain control. However, the cortical mechanism of the reduction in pain caused by virtual reality methods, especially in individuals with chronic pain, has not been fully elucidated. It is predicted that the integration of virtual reality methods into treatment protocols will gradually increase by time, especially as a result of the reflection of technological developments in clinical practice. At this point, fNIRS, which enables the assessment of the functionality of brain areas during movement, has the potential to reveal the response of the effect provided by virtual reality technology in the prefrontal cortex. The aims of our study were to examine brain hemodynamic activity during the experience of non-immersive and immersive virtual reality environments and the change in pain intensity after virtual reality applications in individuals with rheumatic diseases with chronic pain.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 15 (actual)
- First submitted
- 20 Nov 2023
- Start date
- 7 Nov 2023
- Primary completion date
- 10 Mar 2024
- Lead sponsor
- Acibadem University
- Diseases
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- NCT number
- NCT06154850
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 15
- From 7 Nov 2023 to the primary completion date, 10 Mar 2024
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- A history of acute pain up to 3 days prior to the date of evaluation,
- Using centrally acting medications and anti-depressants.
Other illness
- Any psychiatric and neurological diagnosis,
- Any psychiatric and neurological diagnosis
Other
- Have a cognitive problem that prevents them from adapting to the working procedure,
- Presence of neuropathic pain,
- Presence of vision or hearing problems,
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis,
- Right hand dominant,
Age in the registry: 18 years to 55 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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