Nagpal Ameet S, Raghunandan Aditya, Tata Faye, Kibler Daniel, McGeary Donald
Department of Anesthesiology, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Front Pain Res (Lausanne). 2022 Mar 7;3:856935. doi: 10.3389/fpain.2022.856935. eCollection 2022.
Virtual reality (VR) is a burgeoning treatment option for chronic pain. Its use has been heterogenous in the literature. This scoping review assesses the current literature for the use of VR in the treatment of chronic low back pain (CLBP). The following themes were identified by the analysis: safety and feasibility of VR, quality of life associated with VR treatment for CLBP, efficacy of VR to treat CLBP, and efficacy of VR to treat functional changes associated with CLBP. Gaps were identified after analysis of the extant literature. Although the nascent research uncovered in this scoping review found good evidence for safety and tolerability of VR, more studies of safety, acceptance, and satisfaction are recommended including focused studies of spinal pain risks specific to use of VR. Overall, the methodological quality of studies reviewed in this scoping review was poor and outcomes were limited to short-term posttreatment outcomes.
虚拟现实(VR)是一种新兴的慢性疼痛治疗选择。其在文献中的应用情况各异。本综述评估了当前关于VR用于治疗慢性下腰痛(CLBP)的文献。分析确定了以下主题:VR的安全性和可行性、VR治疗CLBP相关的生活质量、VR治疗CLBP的疗效以及VR治疗与CLBP相关功能变化的疗效。在分析现有文献后发现了差距。尽管本综述中发现的初步研究为VR的安全性和耐受性提供了充分证据,但建议进行更多关于安全性、接受度和满意度的研究,包括针对VR使用特有的脊柱疼痛风险的重点研究。总体而言,本综述中所审查研究的方法学质量较差,且结果仅限于治疗后的短期结果。