Many chronic pain control treatments are ineffective
| Autor: | Alison Boulton |
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| Rok vydání: | 1997 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Government business.industry education General Engineering Psychological intervention Health technology Sympathetic blockade General Medicine Treatment failure medicine.anatomical_structure Chronic pain control Current practice Physical therapy medicine General Earth and Planetary Sciences Shoulder joint business Research Article General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | BMJ. 315:269-274 |
| ISSN: | 1468-5833 0959-8138 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.315.7103.269k |
| Popis: | A new government sponsored systematic review of outpatient services for chronic pain control has found wide disparity in the effectiveness of current practice in Britain. Injections of corticosteroids in or around the shoulder joint for shoulder pain, and intravenous regional sympathetic blockade were found to be ineffective, according to the Health Technology Assessment report produced as part of the NHS research and development strategy. Interventions for which more evidence is needed include: transcutaneous electrical … |
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