Conservative versus surgical treatment of foot drop in peroneal nerve entrapment: rationale and design of a prospective, multi-centre, randomized parallel-group controlled trial
Oosterbos, C.; Research Group experimental Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy and the Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Rummens, S.; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Locomotor and Neurological disorders, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Bogaerts, K.; Department of public health and critical care, I-BioStat, KU Leuven, Belgium and I-BioStat, UHasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
Hoornaert, S.; Research Group experimental Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy and the Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Weyns, F.; Department of Neurosurgery, Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg, Genk, Belgium, Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, UHasselt, Hasselt, Belgium
Dubuisson, Annie ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > > Service de neurochirurgie
Lemmens, R.; Department of Neurosciences, Experimental Neurology, KU Leuven – University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, VIB, Center for Brain & Disease Research, Laboratory of Neurobiology, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Theys, T.; Research Group experimental Neurosurgery and Neuroanatomy and the Leuven Brain Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Conservative versus surgical treatment of foot drop in peroneal nerve entrapment: rationale and design of a prospective, multi-centre, randomized parallel-group controlled trial
Publication date :
2022
Journal title :
Trials
eISSN :
1745-6215
Publisher :
BioMed Central Ltd
Volume :
23
Issue :
1
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funding text :
The FOOT DROP trial is funded by the Belgian Knowledge Health Care Centre (KCE) under the KCE Trials funding programme (KCE19-1232). During the selection process, methodological independent experts gave comments on the protocol.
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