Is physiotherapy integrated virtual walking effective on pain, function, and kinesiophobia in patients with non-specific low-back pain? Randomised controlled trial

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 538 - 545
• Main Authors: Yilmaz Yelvar, Gul Deniz, Çırak, Yasemin, Dalkılınç, Murat, Parlak Demir, Yasemin, Guner, Zeynep, Boydak, Ayşenur
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.02.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Exercise Test; Fear; Female; Humans; Low Back Pain - psychology; Low Back Pain - therapy; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Physical Therapy Modalities; Surgical Orthopedics; Visual Analog Scale; Walking; Kinesiophobia; Function; Low-back pain; Virtual walking; Physiotherapy; Virtual reality
• ISSN: 0940-6719; 1432-0932; 1432-0932
• DOI: 10.1007/s00586-016-4892-7

Purpose According to literature, virtual reality was found to reduce pain and kinesiophobia in patients with chronic pain. The purpose of the study was to investigate short-term effect of the virtual reality on pain, function, and kinesiophobia in patients with subacute and chronic non-specific low-...