Virtual Reality-Based Hypnotherapy for Pain, Sleep, and Mood in Spinal Cord Injury
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- Are you between 18 and 65 years old?
Source: NCT07846410, who can take part
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- Who runs it
- Istanbul Physical Medicine Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT07846410
- Record updated
- 3 November 2026
- Original description
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether virtual reality (VR)-based hypnotherapy, added to conventional physiotherapy, improves pain, sleep, mood, and quality of life in adults with chronic spinal cord injury.Read full original descriptionShow less
The Effect of Virtual Reality-Based Hypnotherapy on Pain, Sleep, Depression, and Quality of Life in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether virtual reality (VR)-based hypnotherapy, added to conventional physiotherapy, improves pain, sleep, mood, and quality of life in adults with chronic spinal cord injury.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
* Does VR-based hypnotherapy added to physiotherapy reduce pain intensity more than physiotherapy alone? * Does it improve neuropathic pain, sleep quality, anxiety and depression, spasticity, and quality of life?
Researchers will compare participants who receive VR-based hypnotherapy in addition to physiotherapy with participants who receive physiotherapy alone.
Participants will:
* Receive a standard physiotherapy and rehabilitation program 5 days a week for 2 weeks (10 sessions). * If assigned to the VR group, also receive an approximately 20-minute VR-based hypnotherapy session after each physiotherapy session, using a VR headset and headphones. * Complete assessments at the start of the study, at the end of the 2-week treatment period, and 2 weeks after treatment ends.
Inclusion: Age between 18 and 65 years; Diagnosis of spinal cord injury; Injury duration longer than 3 months; Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score above 24; Willingness to participate and provision of written informed consent.
Exclusion: Visual or hearing impairment; Epilepsy; Severe psychiatric illness (psychosis, severe major depression, or bipolar disorder in the acute phase); Injury duration shorter than 3 months; Significant change in analgesic treatment within the last 3 months; Pregnancy.