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24-month chronic low back pain relief from an accessible 8-week in-home behavioral VR program

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June 2025

24-month chronic low back pain relief from an accessible 8-week in-home behavioral VR program

Vol: 307| Issue: 6| Number:129| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Durable chronic low back pain reductions up to 24 months after treatment for an accessible, 8-week, in-home behavioral skills-based virtual reality program: a randomized controlled trial.

Pain Med . 2023 Oct 3;24(10):1200-1203.

Contributing Authors:
T Maddox C Sparks L Oldstone R Maddox K Ffrench H Garcia P Krishnamurthy D Okhotin LM Garcia BJ Birckhead J Sackman I Mackey R Louis V Salmasi A Oyao BD Darnall

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Synopsis

One hundred sixty-eight patients with chronic low back pain were randomized to receive either an 8-week, in-home behavioral skills–based VR program (n=84) or a sham VR program (n=84). The primary outcome was pain intensity. Secondary outcomes included pain interference (overall and by subdomains: activity, sleep, mood, stress), responder rates (≥30% reduction in pain intensity or interference), an...

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