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Modification of the Activity of the Prefrontal Cortex by Virtual Distraction in the Lumbago

NCT04007302 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 15

Last updated 2019-07-08

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Summary

The hypothesis of this work is that distraction is an effective way to modify the feeling and experience of chronic lumbar pain by modifying the functioning of the prefrontal cortex.

The main objective of this study is to show that during chronic low back pain generated during physical exercise, virtual reality distraction leads to the modification of the activity of the prefrontal cortex.

The secondary objectives are:

* Show a significant decrease in the average pain assessed with EVA during physical exercise with virtual reality distraction.
* Show an increase in the distance travelled with virtual reality distraction.
* Observe a decrease in perceived effort with virtual reality distraction.
* Quantify the adherence (presence) of subjects to the virtual environment

Conditions

  • Low Back Pain

Interventions

OTHER

measurement of bilateral activity of the prefrontal cortex by a NIRS system (near infrared spectroscopy)

measurement of the cerebral oxygenation response by the use of the Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) method

OTHER

completion of questionnaires

igroup presence questionnaire (IPQ), Dallas Pain Questionnaire (DRAD), Fear-Avoidance Beliefs (FABQ) and Quebec Back Lumbago Scale

OTHER

completion of questionnaires for pain

analogical visual and numerical scale and Borg scale

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anissa MEGZARI · Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nīmes

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-09
Primary Completion
2018-11-03
Completion
2018-11-03

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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