Water-friendly Virtual Reality and Brief Thermal Pain
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Pain Acute
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Crossover AssignmentIntervention Model Description: Within subjects crossover design, VR treatment order randomized (some participants receive Low Tech VR + High Tech VR, some participants receive High Tech VR + Low Tech VR) and some participants receive No VR in a side study to test the assumptions of our QST testing pain paradigm. No Virtual Reality (no treatment control side data to test QST paradigm assumptions). Low Tech/passive Virtual Reality for 1st pain stimulus+High Tech for 2nd pain stimulus High Tech/interactive VR for 1st pain stimulus +Low Tech for 2nd pain stimulus. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor)Masking Description: Some of the instructions for the outcome measure will be presented to the participants via a computer.Primary Purpose: Basic Science
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 18 years and 125 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
This study will use Quantitative Sensory Testing (computer-controlled brief 10 second thermal pain stimuli) in healthy college students. The primary aim is to conduct a randomized, controlled study with healthy volunteers to explore whether interacting with virtual objects in VR via a high tech inte...
This study will use Quantitative Sensory Testing (computer-controlled brief 10 second thermal pain stimuli) in healthy college students. The primary aim is to conduct a randomized, controlled study with healthy volunteers to explore whether interacting with virtual objects in VR via a high tech interactive VR system makes VR significantly more effective/powerful compared to a less immersive passive VR system, vs. No VR, for reducing pain during quantitative sensory testing.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04245475
- Collaborators
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Hunter Hoffman, PhD University of Washington
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