U.S., March 28 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07498140) titled 'Procedural Framing and Epidural Steroid Injection Outcomes' on March 23.
Brief Summary: Back pain is the leading cause of disability and military medical boards across the globe. Epidural steroid injections (ESI) are the most commonly performed pain procedure in the world.
There is strong evidence that the placebo effect for all pain treatments, including ESI, is greater than the intrinsic effect. The placebo effect is highly dependent on a patient's 'expectations', and therefore how the procedure is framed.
This study aims to compare ESI when the procedure is framed very positively- as is often done in clinical practice vs. more...