Virtual reality games take on chronic back pain
NCT ID NCT06868329
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether playing virtual reality (VR) games that focus on posture correction could help people with chronic low back pain and an excessive inward curve of the lower spine. Fifty adults aged 18 to 44 with pain lasting at least three months took part. The VR group did posture exercises through video games, while the control group received standard heat therapy and exercises. Researchers measured changes in pain, spine flexibility, spinal curve angle, and daily function.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- VR game-based postural correction exercises
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this approach could offer a more engaging way to correct posture and reduce pain in people with chronic low back pain.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial with only 50 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The VR training may not be more effective than standard exercises.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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50 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 to 44 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * males or females, * 18 - 44 years of age, * unilateral, bilateral, or central (midline) pain in the low back, * demonstrate lumbar hyper lordosis of the lumbar spine (lumbar lordotic angle more than 40°, measured using flexi ruler and spinal mouse) (Tack 2021), * pain persists for 3 months or more, * pain intensity between 2 -6 on numeric pain rating scale (NPRS). Exclusion Criteria: * acute low back pain (less than 3 months), * specific pain due to well diagnosed pathology such as trauma, surgery, dick lesion, tumor, adhesions. * Low back pain associated with sciatica, patients who cannot stop using analgesic drugs during the period of the study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Hail
Ha'il, Ha'il Region, 3994, Saudi Arabia
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