A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Rehabilitation Therapy on Reducing the Degree of Pain Experienced by Individuals with Low Back Pain
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Criteria for Considering Studies in This Review
2.1.1. Study Types
2.1.2. Participants
2.1.3. Interventions
2.1.4. Outcome Measures
2.2. Search Methods for Study Identification
2.2.1. Electronic Searches
2.2.2. Searching Other Resources
2.3. Selection of Studies and Data Extraction
2.4. Assessment of Risk of Bias
2.5. Measures of Treatment Effect
2.6. Data Synthesis
3. Results
3.1. Search Results
3.2. Study Results
3.3. Risk of Bias in the Included Studies
3.4. Publication Bias
4. Discussion
4.1. Summary of the Main Results
4.2. Overall Completeness and Applicability of Evidence
4.3. Agreement with Other Reviews
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Choi, T.; Heo, S.; Choi, W.; Lee, S. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Rehabilitation Therapy on Reducing the Degree of Pain Experienced by Individuals with Low Back Pain. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 3502. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043502
Choi T, Heo S, Choi W, Lee S. A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Rehabilitation Therapy on Reducing the Degree of Pain Experienced by Individuals with Low Back Pain. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2023; 20(4):3502. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043502
Chicago/Turabian StyleChoi, Taeseok, Seoyoon Heo, Wansuk Choi, and Sangbin Lee. 2023. "A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Effectiveness of Virtual Reality-Based Rehabilitation Therapy on Reducing the Degree of Pain Experienced by Individuals with Low Back Pain" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 4: 3502. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043502