Application 1012
Vertebral axial decompression therapy for chronic low back pain
Vertebral axial decompression therapy for chronic low back pain
Application No. | 1012 |
| Application Name | Vertebral axial decompression therapy for chronic low back pain |
| Advisory Panel | Professor Bryant Stokes (Chair and MSAC member) Dr Ross Blair (MSAC member) Professor Nikolai Bogduk (co-opted member) Professor Paul Glasziou (co-opted member) Ms Tricia Greenway (Consumers' Health Forum nominee) Mr Michael Johnson (Royal Australian College of Surgeons nominee) Professor Joan McMeeken (co-opted member) Dr Michael Yelland (Royal Australian College of General Practitioners nominee) |
| Date Received by MSAC Secretariat | 14 February 2000 |
| Stage 1 - Eligibility | Eligible |
| Stage 2 - Assessment | Completed |
| Stage 3 - Formulation of Advice to the Minister | This assessment was considered by the MSAC at the 28 February 2001 meeting. As there is currently insufficient evidence pertaining to the effectiveness of vertebral axial decompression (VAX-D) therapy, the MSAC recommended that public funding should not be supported at this time. |
| Stage 4 - Decision | Endorsed by the Minister for Health and Ageing 19 June 2001 |
| Stage 5 - Implementation |  |
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