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Facet-joint injections for non-specific low back pain: a feasibility RCT |
Snidvongs S, Taylor R S, Ahmad A, Thomson S, Sharma M, Farr A, Fitzsimmons D, Poulton S, Mehta V & Langford R |
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Record Status This is a bibliographic record of a published health technology assessment from a member of INAHTA. No evaluation of the quality of this assessment has been made for the HTA database. Citation Snidvongs S, Taylor R S, Ahmad A, Thomson S, Sharma M, Farr A, Fitzsimmons D, Poulton S, Mehta V & Langford R. Facet-joint injections for non-specific low back pain: a feasibility RCT. Health Technology Assessment 2017; 21(74) Authors' objectives To assess the feasibility of carrying out a definitive study to evaluate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of lumbar facet-joint injections compared with a sham procedure in patients with non-specific low back pain of > 3 months' duration. Authors' conclusions Because of the small number of participants recruited to the study, we were unable to draw any conclusions about the clinical effectiveness or cost-effectiveness of intra-articular lumbar facet-joint injections in the management of non-specific low back pain. Although we did not achieve the target recruitment rate from the pain clinics, we demonstrated our ability to develop a robust study protocol and deliver the intended interventions safely to all nine randomised participants, thus addressing many of the feasibility objectives. Indexing Status Subject indexing assigned by CRD MeSH Anesthetics, Local; Humans; Injections, Intra-Articular; Low Back Pain; Zygapophyseal Joint Language Published English Country of organisation England English summary An English language summary is available. Address for correspondence NETSCC, Health Technology Assessment, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton, SO16 7NS UK Tel: +44 23 8059 5586 Email: hta@hta.ac.uk AccessionNumber 32018000004 Date abstract record published 23/01/2018 |
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