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

Waikakul 1995.

Methods RCT; participants were randomly allocated to 2 groups according to the last 2 digits of their hospital numbers
Follow‐up time: 6 weeks. Outcome measurements at baseline and after 1 and 6 weeks
Participants Population and setting: 72 hospital patients with non‐surgical low back pain, 20 men, 52 women
 Inclusion criteria: non‐surgical low back pain including disc syndrome, spondylosis, mild spondylolisthesis, spinal stenosis, and postural back pain, aged 15 years and older
 Exclusion criteria: presence of digestive, haematological, hepatic, and renal disorders, hypersensitivity to proprionic acid derivatives, long‐term administration of steroids, indication for surgery
Interventions NSAID (i): Loxoprofen 60 mg t.i.d., 6 weeks (N = 37)
 NSAID (ii): naproxen 250 mg t.i.d., 6 weeks (N = 35)
Outcomes Therapeutic results according to criteria of the Japanese orthopaedic Academic Society, adverse events
Notes 1. Duration of LBP not clear
2. We were unable to find contact details to ask for clarification (21 October 2019)