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Hypertonic Glucose Prolotherapy Versus Conservative Treatment for Lower Back Pain

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March 2024

Hypertonic Glucose Prolotherapy Versus Conservative Treatment for Lower Back Pain

Vol: 306| Issue: 3| Number:13| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Hypertonic glucose in the treatment of low back pain: A randomized clinical trial.

Medicine (Baltimore) . 2023 Sep 22;102(38):e35163.

Contributing Authors:
JA Pereira Pires EC Rey Moura CMB Oliveira A Vieira Dibai-Filho MDD Soares Brandao Nascimento P da Cunha Leal

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38 patients over the age of 18 with chronic lower back pain who were non-traumatic and unresponsive to at least 1 month of physical therapy were included in this blinded trial. Patients were randomized to receive either prolotherapy with hypertonic glucose solution (n=19) or conservative therapy (n=19). The outcomes of interest included pain intensity, measured with a visual analog scale (VAS), an...

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