Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine· cited by 223

An 8-Week Self-Administered At-Home Behavioral Skills-Based Virtual Reality Program for Chronic Low Back Pain: Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial Conducted During COVID-19

Laura García; Brandon Birckhead; Parthasarathy Krishnamurthy; Josh Sackman; Ian Mackey; Robert G. Louis; Vafi Salmasi; Todd Maddox · 2021 · Journal of Medical Internet Research

WASTE classifies this as Negative / Null Result Report · AI classification, approximate

The study found no significant effect — useful as a negative control or null benchmark for your own design.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Chronic low back pain is the most prevalent chronic pain condition worldwide and access to behavioral pain treatment is limited. Virtual reality (VR) is an immersive technology that may provide effective behavioral therapeutics for chronic pain. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to conduct a double-blind, parallel-arm, single-cohort, remote, randomized placebo-controlled trial for a self-administered behavioral skills-based VR program in community-based individuals with self-reported chronic low back pain during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A national online convenience sample of individuals

Abstract by Laura García; Brandon Birckhead; Parthasarathy Krishnamurthy; Josh Sackman; Ian Mackey; Robert G. Louis; Vafi Salmasi; Todd Maddox, Journal of Medical Internet Research (2021) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

Read the full paper (open access)