Virtual Reality Rehabilitation in Neck Pain Subjects

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Virtual Reality Treatment: Experimental Group (VRT) subjects will undergo Virtual Reality Motor Control exercises based on augmented feedback of their performance.

Control Group: Control Group (CT) subjects will undergo the same treatment of VRT subjects in terms of intensity, time and type, but with the VR turned off.

Study summary

VR-NECKPAIN is a two-arm, monocentric, single-blind, randomized controlled trial in Neck Pain patients.

The entire treatment consist in 12 sessions, each during 45 minutes, twice a week for 6 consecutive weeks.

Subjects will be evaluated ad baseline (T0) and after six weeks of rehabilitation (T1). There will also be a 3 months Follow-Up assessment (T2).

The total duration of study participation for each subject will be approximately 19 weeks, including evaluation at T0, treatment and evaluation at T1 and T2.

Individuals in the experimental group (VRT) will undergo a virtual reality-based sensorimotor rehabilitation. Control group (CT) subjects will undergo the same rehabilitation of VR subjects, in terms of intensity, time and type, but with the virtual reality turned off.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Change in Neck Disability Index (NDI) — Baseline (at recruitment/before intervention), Post-Intervention (after 6 weeks rehabilitation), Follow-Up (after 3 months from completion of intervention)
  The NDI is a self-report questionnaire used to determine how neck pain affects a patient's daily life and to assess the self-rated disability of patients with neck pain. The NDI consists of 10 questions in various domains: Pain Intensity, Personal care, Lifting, Reading, Headaches, Concentration, Work, Driving, Sleeping and Recreation. Each question contains six answer choices, scored from 0 (no disability) to 5 (complete disability). Total score is reported on a 0-50 scale.

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