| Initial screening | Treatment times | Follow-up | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Visit 1 | Visit 2 | Visit 3 | Visit 4 | Visit 5 | Visit 6 |
 | Week 0 | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 4 | Month 2 | Month 5 |
Determined the exclusion criteria | Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Informed consent | Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Randomized | Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Weight | Yes | Â | Yes | Yes | Â | Â |
Blood pressure | Yes | Â | Yes | Yes | Â | Â |
Heart rate/Rhythm | Yes | Â | Yes | Yes | Â | Â |
Respiratory rate | Yes | Â | Yes | Yes | Â | Â |
Spurling’s test | Yes |  |  |  |  |  |
Brachial plexus force test | Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Drug allergy history | Yes | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Blood routine | Yes | Â | Â | Yes | Â | Â |
Urine routine | Yes | Â | Â | Yes | Â | Â |
Excrement routine | Yes | Â | Â | Yes | Â | Â |
Occult blood | Yes | Â | Â | Yes | Â | Â |
ECG | Yes | Â | Â | Yes | Â | Â |
Liver function test | Yes | Â | Â | Yes | Â | Â |
Kidney function test | Yes | Â | Â | Yes | Â | Â |
X-ray (frontal and lateral) | Yes | Â | Â | Yes | Â | Â |
Concomitant medication | Â | Yes | Yes | Yes | Â | Â |
VAS scores | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
NDI scores | Yes | Â | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
SF-36 scores | Â | Yes | Yes | Yes | Â | Â |
The medicine issue | Â | Yes | Yes | Â | Â | Â |
Compliance assessment | Â | Â | Yes | Yes | Â | Â |
Degree of satisfaction | Â | Â | Â | Yes | Â | Â |
Safety evaluation | Â | Yes | Â | Yes | Â | Â |