Ozone Therapy and Lower Back Pain

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Table 1:

Medium-term follow-up in patients with and without disk disease as a function of treatment type

Treatment Group	Outcome
Treatment Group	Excellent	Good	Poor	Total
Patients with disk disease
O₂–O₃	67	9	10	86
Steroid	54	14	12	80
Total	121	23	22	166 χ² = 2.42
Patients without disk disease
O₂–O₃	55	9	6	70
Steroid	49	10	11	70
Total	104	19	17	140 χ² = 1.86

Table 2:

Long-term follow-up in patients with and without disk disease as a function of treatment type

Treatment Group	Outcome
Treatment Group	Excellent	Good	Poor	Total
Patients with disk disease
O₂–O₃	64	9	13	86
Steroid	46	16	18	80
Total	110	25	31	166 χ² = 5.51
Patients without disk disease
O₂–O₃	53	11	6	70
Steroid	44	11	15	70
Total	97	22	21	140 χ² = 4.68

Short-term Outcome with Steroids
Excellent Good Poor
With disk disease (n = 166) 64 (80%) 9 (11.25) 7 (8.75)
Without disk disease (n = 140) 55 (78.5%) 10 (14.3) 5 (7.2)