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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2023

The clinical efficacy of ozone combined with steroid in the treatment of discogenic low back pain: a randomized, double-blinded clinical study.

Xiao-Hui Yang, Xiao-Hui Liu, Yun-Gai Ma, Jia-Xing Fan, Xiao-Long Ma, Guan-Ying Zhuang, Zhan-Min Yang

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 40% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiao-Hui YangPain Clinic of Anesthesiology Department, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiao-Hui LiuPain Clinic of Anesthesiology Department, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yun-Gai MaPain Clinic of Anesthesiology Department, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jia-Xing FanPain Clinic of Anesthesiology Department, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xiao-Long MaPain Clinic of Anesthesiology Department, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China.
Guan-Ying ZhuangPain Clinic of Anesthesiology Department, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhan-Min YangPain Clinic of Anesthesiology Department, Aerospace Center Hospital, Beijing, China.
Aerospace Center Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: This randomized double-blinded clinical study is to investigate the clinical efficacy of per-paravertebral disk ozone injection combined with steroids in the treatment of patients with chronic discogenic low back pain (CDLBP). Methods: Group A ( Results: The VAS score of both group A (1.65 vs. 6.87, Conclusion: Per-paravertebral injection of steroid and ozone combination resulted in better relief of CDLBP compared to pure oxygen plus steroid. Clinical Trial Registration: ChiCTR2100044434 https://www.chictr.org.cn/showproj.html?proj=121571.

Indexed as

adverse eventsdiscogenic low back paindouble-blinded clinical studypain VAS scoresper-paravertebral

Identifiers

PMID37638178
PMCPMC10448056
OpenAlexW4385723713

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