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Virtual Reality Treatment for Phantom Limb Pain

NCT03338842 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 14

Last updated 2020-06-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Patients with limb amputations experience the sensation of the missing extremity, which is sometimes coupled with a persistent and debilitating pain in the missing limb, a condition known as phantom limb pain (PLP). This study will test the use of virtual reality (VR) training as a possible treatment of PLP.

Conditions

  • Lower Limb Amputation Above Knee (Injury)
  • Lower Limb Amputation Below Knee (Injury)
  • Phantom Limb Pain

Interventions

DEVICE

Distractor and Lower limb VR

In the first phase (A), subjects will receive the Distraction VR treatment during 5, 6, or 7 one-hour-long sessions occurring twice weekly. After the A phase, the remaining sessions (B phase) will consist of Lower-Limb VR treatment. This number includes a mean of 6 (range 5-7) phase A sessions and mean of 11 (range 10-12) phase B sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-12
Primary Completion
2019-11-01
Completion
2019-11-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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