Intramuscular oxygen-ozone therapy in the treatment of acute back pain with lumbar disc herniation: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, clinical trial of active and simulated lumbar paravertebral injection

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1337-1344

  Paoloni, Marco ^a,b   Di Sante, Luca ^a,b   Cacchio, Angelo ^b   Apuzzo, Dario ^b   Marotta, Salvatore ^c   Razzano, Michele ^c   Franzini, Marianno ^d   Santilli, Valter ^a,b  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c CMR spa   (Italy)

^d Ital Sci Soc Oxygen Ozone Ther   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute low back pain; Lumbar disc herniation; Oxygen ozone therapy; Radiating pain

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYGEN; OZONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGEN THERAPY; OZONE THERAPY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CONCEPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; OZONE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67749145562     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181a3c18d     Document Type: Article

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