Virtual Reality to Improve Pain Management and Mental Health in Stroke Survivors With Chronic Pain: Study Protocol for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial on Virtual Reality-Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Sérgio A Carvalho   ¹ , PhD ;   Paulo Menezes   ² , PhD ;   Catarina Duarte   ³ , MSc ;   David Skvarc   ⁴ , PhD ;   Ana Rita Sousa e Silva   ¹ , PhD ;   Ana Valentim   ⁵ , MD ;   João Emanuel Diogo   ⁶ , BA ;   João Sargento-Freitas   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Inês A Trindade   ⁸ , PhD ;   Paula Castilho   ¹ , PhD ;   Teresa Lapa   ⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Gerhard Andersson   ^{10, 11} , PhD ;   Miguel Castelo-Branco   ³ , MD, PhD

¹ University of Coimbra, Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive and Behavioral Intervention (CINEICC), Coimbra, Portugal

² Institute of Systems and Robotics (ISR), Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

³ Coimbra Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Translational Research (CIBIT), Institute of Nuclear Sciences Applied to Health (ICNAS), University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

⁴ School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia

⁵ Department of Anesthesiology, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

⁶ Center for Classical and Humanistic Studies (CECH), Coimbra, Portugal

⁷ Department of Neurology, Universidade de Coimbra Faculdade de Medicina, Coimbra, Portugal

⁸ EMBRACE Lab, Center for Health and Medical Psychology, School of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, University of Örebro, Orebro, Sweden

⁹ Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

¹⁰ Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden

¹¹ Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden