ArticleInternational journal of clinical and experimental medicine2015
Effects of calcitonin on lumbar spinal stenosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Effects of calcitonin on lumbar spinal stenosis.Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery · 2024Pooled it
- Management of lumbar spinal stenosis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2016Pooled it
- Comparing the Efficacy of Transforaminal and Caudal Epidural Injections of Calcitonin in Treating Degenerative Spinal Canal Stenosis: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2024Article
- The Effectiveness of Pharmacopuncture in Patients with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Protocol for a Multi-Centered, Pragmatic, Randomized, Controlled, Parallel Group Study.Journal of pain research · 2022Article
- Treatment for lumbar spinal stenosis secondary to ligamentum flavum hypertrophy using percutaneous endoscopy through interlaminar approach: a retrospective study.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2020Article
- Effects of Nasal Calcitonin vs. Oral Gabapentin on Pain and Symptoms of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Clinical Trial Study.Clinical medicine insights. Arthritis and musculoskeletal disorders · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo investigate whether calcitonin can improve walking distance (WD) and visual analog pain scale (VAS) in patients who suffer lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS).
methodsWe performed a search on CENTRAL, PubMed, Embase and Cochrane databases up to July 2014; we finally found 19 original articles, of which only 6 were in full compliance with the RCT criteria. These full articles were carefully reviewed independent and in blinded way by two previously capacitated reviewers for the objective to extract data and score a quality of these articles by the criteria of Cochrane Handbook (5.1.0).
resultsWe accepted 6 studies with 232 participants. There is no evidence show calcitonin is better than placebo or paracetamol regardless of mode of administration.
conclusionsThis meta-analysis suggest that calcitonin provide no significant improvement in pain symptoms or walking distance in LSS patients.
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