Immersive Virtual Reality for Pain-related Movement Dysfunctions in Patients With Chronic Shoulder Pain

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF MALAGA · Nov 28, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

Studio Design Randomized controlled clinical trial (RCT). This protocol follows the indications of the guidelines for Clinical Trial Publications (CONSORT) and will follow the TIDIER check-list for the exhaustive description of the interventions that will be performed.

Target population Patients with persistent musculoskeletal shoulder pain aged 18-65 years primary chronic musculoskeletal pain, according to the International Classification of Diseases-11 (2019) of the International Association for the Study of Shoulder-related Pain (IASP).

Sample size calculation A total of 30 individuals...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • People from 18 to 65 years old
• • Shoulder pain of at least three months of evolution located in the proximal anterolateral region of the shoulder
• • Presenting shoulder pain during movements with a history of traumatic or insidious onset
• • Agree to participate in the study and sign the informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Shoulder pain resulting from cervical spine dysfunction
• • Cognitive deficits
• • Uso of medications for pain control in the previous 24 hours
• • A history of neurological or psychiatric disorders
• • Adhesive capsulitis syndrome (limited passive range of motion of the shoulder: external rotation \< 30°; elevation \< 150°)
• • Patients with shoulder instability
• • Previous surgery of the shoulder