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ArticleThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2024

Glucocorticoid facet joint injection for chronic back or neck pain.

Scott Farrell, Ashley Smith, Byron Schneider, Geoff Schneider, Diane Grondin, Geoffrey Gelley, Pavlos Bobos, Christopher G Maher, Anita R Gross

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Article in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Scott FarrellRECOVER Injury Research Centre & NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence: Better Health Outcomes for Compensable Injury, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Ashley SmithDepartment of Clinical Neurosciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Byron SchneiderPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee, Kentucky, USA.
Geoff SchneiderCumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
Diane GrondinCanadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Toronto, Canada.
Geoffrey GelleyPrivate Practice, Gelley Chiropractic Clinic, Winnipeg, Canada.
Pavlos BobosFaculty of Health Sciences, Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Western University, London, Canada.
Christopher G MaherSydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Anita R GrossSchool of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: The primary objective is to assess the benefits and harms of glucocorticoid facet joint injections in adults with chronic back or neck pain that is presumed to be facet joint-mediated. The secondary objective is to assess whether the effects differ by diagnostic method for facet joint-mediated pain.

Indexed as

Back PainChronic PainGlucocorticoidsNeck PainAdultHumansInjections, Intra-ArticularRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSystematic Reviews as TopicZygapophyseal JointGlucocorticoids

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PMID39569679
PMCPMC11580111

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