Investigating Conservative Therapy of Cervical Radiculopathy by a Delphi Technique

Abstract

[2] First, we randomly selected an expert panel composed 22 spine surgeons, 3 physiotherapist, and 3 pain management doctors from the medical experts in China. [...]using the Delphi process and iterative rounds, agreement >80% was considered consensus. [...]we put forward to the following conclusions: (1) Nonoperative treatment is the appropriate initial approach for most patients; (2) a short period (1 week) of immobilization in a cervical collar may relieve radicular pain; (3) typically, eight to...