Cost-effectiveness of combination therapy (Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment and Transforaminal Epidural Steroid Injections) among patients with an indication for a Lumbar Herniated Disc surgery: Protocol of a randomized controlled trial.
Elizabeth N MutubukiHans van HelvoirtJohanna M van DongenCarmen L A Vleggeert-LankampFrank J P M HuygenMaurits W van TulderHanneke A H J Klopper-KesRaymond W J G OsteloPublished in: Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy (2019)
No randomized controlled trials have evaluated the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of combination therapy compared with usual care in patients with an indication for lumbar herniated disc surgery, which emphasizes the importance of this study.
Keyphrases
- combination therapy
- minimally invasive
- randomized controlled trial
- healthcare
- coronary artery bypass
- systematic review
- spinal cord
- study protocol
- quality improvement
- platelet rich plasma
- pain management
- acute coronary syndrome
- chronic pain
- spinal cord injury
- affordable care act
- health insurance
- meta analyses
- double blind