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Table 1 Timing of treatment assessments and data collection

From: Observation of curative effect on meridian theory-based extracorporeal shock wave therapy for non-specific low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Timepoint

Study period

Enrolment

Baseline

Treatment phase

 − 1 week

0 week

1 week

2 weeks

Enrolment

    

 Eligibility screen

×

   

 Informed consent

×

   

 Medical history

×

   

 Merger disease

×

   

 Randomization

 

×

  

Interventions

    

 Experimental group

 

×

×

×

 Control group

 

×

×

×

Assessments

    

 VAS

×

×

×

×

 ODI

 

×

×

×

 sEMG

 

×

×

×

 Safety evaluation

 

×

×

×

 Adverse events

 

×

×

×

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Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

ISSN: 1749-799X