Low Back Pain
Conditions
Keywords
LBP, Psychological effects, Intervention, Virtual Reality, postural stability, balance, pain, COP
Brief summary
To our knowledge, no studies have better investigated the effect of Core Stabilization Exercises using VR on ankle and trunk proprioception in patients with CLBP and in turn on postural stability.
Detailed description
Background: Low Back Pain (LBP), one of the most critical disability causatives, has been associated with neuromuscular and biomechanical manifestations related to the deficiency of postural control and stability. Virtual reality (VR) core stabilization exercises (CSE) has proven previously to be effective in improving postural control among conditions with different proprioceptive damage mechanisms other than those affected with LBP. The Aim of this study is to explore the differing effects of this treatment regimen on postural stability in relation to lumbar and ankle proprioception in a population of participants with LBP. Design and Methods: a randomized clinical trial encompassing 44 participants of both genders. Participants with Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) will be randomized to one of two treatment groups: an Experimental group receiving VR stabilization exercises and a Control group receiving CSE only without VR simulations inaddition to patient instructions and education of both groups. Parameters of postural stability, ankle and trunk proprioception, pain intensity, balance interference with activity and psychological aspects of pain interference with activity will be measured by a force plate, iPhone applications, visual analog scale (VAS), the Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) scale, Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) and the Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ-Ar) respectively. Outcome measures will be collected at baseline, immediately after 1st treatment and after the last treatment session. Treatment regimens will consist of 12 sessions in 3 weeks using virtual reality glasses. Statistical Analysis: A linear mixed model will be used to analyze within- and between-group differences at the baseline, 6th session and twelfth sessions (repeated measures will be set as GROUP with two levels and TIME with three levels). Bonferroni post-hoc procedures will be used for multiple comparisons of the differences over time. Intention-to-treat analysis shall be utilized. Statistical significance was set at P \< 0.05.
Interventions
OTHERRegular Exercises
Regular Stabilization Exercises
DEVICEVirtual Reality (VR)
Virtual Reality (VR) Stabilization Exercises
OTHERpatient instructions and education
a unified form of patient instructions and education in regards of LBP
Sponsors
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
25 Years to 59 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients in Group 1 and Group 2 will be included if they: 1. Are adults between 25 and 59 years of age. 2. Have LBP for longer than 3 months. 3. Are not currently undergoing medication or conservative treatment.
Exclusion criteria
Patients in these two groups will be excluded if they have: 1. Nerve root manifestations (such as referred symptoms of radiating pain below the knee or paresthesia during the straight leg raise test), 2. Systematic or visceral disease, 3. Ankylosing spondylitis, Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis, 4. Vestibular dysfunctions, 5. Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m2, 6. Lower extremity injury within the past month, 7. Concussion, 8. Psychiatric, cardiovascular or musculoskeletal disorders, 9. Vision problems, 10. Vertebral fracture, 11. Spinal Stenosis, 12. Previous spinal surgery, 13. Present pregnancy, 14. Scoliosis, 15. Inability to understand instructions, read or write (Li et al., 2021).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Postural stability | 12 weeks | Centre of Pressure (CoP) movements will be tracked by a multi-sensory platform + Body Weight Balance (static): |
| Proprioception | 12 weeks | Ankle and Trunk Joint Position Sense (JPS) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pain Intensity | 12 weeks | Visual Analog Scale (VAS) |
| Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ-Ar) | 12 weeks | to examine one's beliefs, level of Pain intensity and actual achievements contributions to performance |
| Activities-specific Balance Confidence (ABC) | 12 weeks | Active clinical assessment measures of balance and function |
| Pain Catastrophizing Scale | 12 weeks | Overstressed undesirable perceptions of pain and the ambiance surrounding its involvement |
Countries
Saudi Arabia
Outcome results
None listed