Barriers to participation in a placebo-surgical trial for lumbar spinal stenosis

Background: Placebo-controlled trials are an important tool when assessing the efficacy of spinal surgical procedures. The most common spinal surgical procedure in older adults is decompression for lumbar spinal stenosis. Before conducting a placebo-surgical trial on decompression surgery, an invest...

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Autori principali: David B. Anderson, Ralph J. Mobbs, Jillian Eyles, S. Eileen Meyer, Gustavo C. Machado, Gavin A. Davis, Ian A. Harris, Rachelle Buchbinder, Manuela L. Ferreira
Natura: Articolo
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: Elsevier 2019-05-01
Serie:Heliyon
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Accesso online:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844018331372