Study on the efficacy and safety of the combination of Shi’s manual therapy and percutaneous endoscopic lumbar diskectomy for lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy: study protocol for a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Flowchart of enrollment, intervention, data collection, and follow-up

Timepoint	Screening/Visit 0 (0~3 days before surgery)	Visit 1 (The 2nd day after surgery)	Visit 2 (1 week ± 2 days after surgery)	Visit 3 (4 weeks ± 5 days after surgery)	Visit 4 (13 weeks ± 1 week after surgery)	Visit 5 (48 weeks ± 2 weeks after surgery)	Visit 6 (1 year ± 2 months after surgery)
Enrollment
[Eligibility screen]	×
[Informed consent]	×
[Random allocation]	×
Assessments
[VAS scores]	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
[ODI]	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
[Straight leg raising angle]	×	×	×	×	×	×	×
[SF-36v2]	×					×	×
[Positive and lateral X ray]	×	×		×	×	×	×
[Dynamic X ray]	×				×	×	×
[CT and MRI]	×	×				×	×
Adverse events		×	×	×	×	×	×

ISSN: 1745-6215