2.2. Participants
sciatic pain, scoliosis, septic, non-disc, lower back pain, NRS, sciatica
SCOLIOSIS
The inclusion criteria used were as follows: age 18–45 years; lower back pain with NRS scale score between 5 and 7 points; symptoms attributable to sciatica which occurred no more than 4 weeks ago; pharmacological washout of NSAIDs and/or corticosteroids for at least a week; lumbar MRI examination performed no more than 3 months ago; and written consent for participation in the study. Patients were excluded if they had altered states of consciousness; sciatic pain of non-disc origin; septic states in progress; presence of scoliosis >20° of Cobb; previous spinal surgery; or were pregnant and/or breastfeeding.