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. 2020 Apr 16;2020(4):CD013581. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013581

Hingorani 1970.

Methods CCT; double‐blind; not randomised
Follow‐up: 7 days. Outcome measurements at baseline, and after 3 and 7 days
Participants Population and setting: 83 participants with acute low back pain warranting inpatient treatment, 59 men, 24 women
 Inclusion criteria: pain in the lower back of acute or chronic onset
 Exclusion criteria: neoplasms, myeloma, Paget's disease, collagen disease, rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and people with contraindications to either drug
Interventions NSAID (i): indomethacin 25 mg, q.i.d., 7 days (N = 40)
 NSAID (ii): oxyphenbutazone 100 mg, q.i.d., 7 days (N = 43)
Outcomes Total pain score (4‐point scale), total physical examination score (fingertip‐floor distance, inch), total functional status score (movements; 4‐point scale), paracetamol use, adverse events
Notes 1. LBP of both acute and chronic onset included, no distinction made; no subgroup analysis
2. We were unable to find contact details to ask for clarification (21 October 2019)