Prolotherapy Versus Epidural Steroid Injections (ESI) for Lumbar Pain Radiating to the Leg
Status:
Active, not recruiting
Trial end date:
2022-12-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The hypothesis is that in the treatment of low back pain (LBP) radiating to the leg, the long
term results of prolotherapy are more effective than those of the current conventional
treatment: epidural steroid injections (ESI). This research will examine the efficacy of
prolotherapy injections versus epidural steroid injections for the treatment of low back pain
radiating to the leg. This is a randomized, unblinded study, in which patients seen in the
principle investigator's pain clinic will be randomly divided to receive treatments from
either the experimental, prolotherapy group, or the active control, ESI group.