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The natural course of acute sciatica with nerve root symptoms in a double-blind placebo-controlled trial evaluating the effect of piroxicam.
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Spine [Spine (Phila Pa 1976)] 1993 Sep 01; Vol. 18 (11), pp. 1433-8. - Publication Year :
- 1993
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Abstract
- To study the natural history of acute sciatica, 208 patients with obvious symptoms and signs of a lumbar radiculopathy (L5 and S1) were examined within 14 days of onset. A concomitant double-blind investigation of the effect of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug piroxicam was performed. The results measured by visual analog scale and Roland's functional tests showed a satisfactory improvement throughout the 4 weeks of observation. The piroxicam-treated group had same results as the control group. Based on questionnaires at months 3 and 12 approximately 30% of the patients still complained about back trouble and 19.5% were out of work after 1 year. Four patients underwent surgery during this period.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Aged
Double-Blind Method
Female
Humans
Low Back Pain epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Nerve Compression Syndromes epidemiology
Pain Measurement
Sciatica epidemiology
Low Back Pain drug therapy
Nerve Compression Syndromes drug therapy
Piroxicam therapeutic use
Sciatica drug therapy
Spinal Nerve Roots
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0362-2436
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Spine
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 8235813