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Projects on risk factors

Projects on aspects of assessment, diagnosis and prognosis

	-	Effect of the mattress firmness on the evolution of patients with back problems.
	-	Safety of Neuroreflexotherapy.
	-	Efficacy of neuroreflexotherapy in primary care.
	-	Efficacy of neuroreflexotherapy in the hospital setting.
	-	Effectiveness and efficiency of neuroreflexotherapy in the National Health System.
	-	Pilot study on the implantation of ordinary use of NRT in the National Health System.
	-	The efficiency of neuroreflexotherapy in the occupational setting.
	-	Comparison of two kinds of health education to improve beliefs and the degree of disability due to back pain in older persons.
	-	Evaluation of the efficacy, safety, effectiveness and efficiency of electrotherapy for the treatment of back disorders.
	-	Evaluation of the efficacy, safety, effectiveness and efficiency of surgery for the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.
	-	Evaluation of the factors predicting the outcome of surgery in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis.
	-	Evaluation of the efficacy, safety, effectiveness and efficiency of the use of artificial implants to surgically fix lumbar vertebra.
	-	Systematic review of the scientific literature on the efficacy, safety, effectiveness and efficiency of alternative surgical techniques to traditional surgery for disc hernia.
	-	Concordance in performing NRT interventions.
	-	The capsaicin test in assessing the indication for NRT.
	-	Evaluation of the effect of swimming and specific physical exercise on mechanical pathologies of the spine.
	-	The effect of therapeutic swimming on scoliosis.
	-	Long-term effect of mattress characteristics on back pain and the relation with the pressure supported.
	-	Evaluation of the effect of two kinds of health education on the degree of disability, beliefs related to back pain and work absenteeism in hotel workers.
	-	Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of non-surgical treatments for scoliosis in adolescents.

Projects on clinical practice


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