An Interactive Gaming-based Intervention for Back Pain

Exclusion Criteria

• •Vision or mobility impairment interfering with the performance of the interactive games
• •Current or anticipated receipt of payments from Worker's Compensation or other insurance for disability attributed to low back pain
• •Additional treatment for back pain during the period of the study, such as acupuncture
• •Unresolved musculoskeletal pathology of the lower limbs
• •Severe radiculopathic pain
• •Alcohol or substance abuse
• •Prior discectomy or implantation of rods, screws or plates (bulging disc without radicular pain is not exclusionary; hip or shoulder replacement is not exclusionary)
• •Current medication with coumadin or prednisone, chronic use of steroid medications, daily use of narcotic analgesics, or estrogen supplementation, tricyclic anti-depressants (if not on a regular steady dose at least one month prior to enrollment), or any substance that could impair balance.
• •Current diagnosis of:
• •1. Balance problems due to vestibular or other neurological impairments.
• •2. Osteoporosis (Osteopenia is not an exclusionary condition)
• •3. Fibromyalgia
• •4. Severe or progressive neurological deficits, including neuromotor impairment
• •5. Any hypercoagulation condition
• •6. Eczema, Psoriasis, or skin infections, and deep vein thrombosis
• •7. Burns or other acute trauma including unhealed bone fractures or open wounds
• •8. Psychiatric illness not well controlled, or current episode of exacerbated major depressive disorder
• •9. Rheumatoid arthritis
• •Any other major medical condition that would impair the subject's ability to complete the study visits
• •Any other major medical condition that has not been stabilized, or that would impair the subject's ability to complete the activities required by the study