Most of the available studies only measured outcomes at less than 1 month after treatment, and only 1 study measured outcomes at 6 months after treatment: This means that the benefits of the treatment in the long term are unknown. No studies have tested whether spinal cord stimulation surgery is better than placebo (sham or 'dummy' treatment) in people followed up for longer than 6 months.
Ten of the 13 studies had financial ties to manufacturers of spinal cord stimulation systems. The average duration of low back pain amongst study participants varied from 5 to 12 years. Of these, 55% were female and the average age of study participants ranged from 47 years to 59 years. We found 13 trials with 699 participants. We searched online databases and registries for relevant studies on 10 June 2022. This study aimed to review evidence regarding the benefits and harms of this procedure for people with low back pain. Spinal cord stimulation, a surgical treatment involving implantation of a device that applies electric impulses to the spinal cord, has been suggested to improve pain in people with long-term low back pain. Learn more at cfib.ca.Low back pain is a leading cause of disability around the world. CFIB is dedicated to increasing business owners’ chances of success by driving policy change at all levels of government, providing expert advice and tools, and negotiating exclusive savings.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is Canada’s largest association of small and medium-sized businesses with 110,000 members (42,000 in Ontario) across every industry and region. We believe a Small Business First policy can help them survive, while reducing community spread of COVID-19 if all Ontarians buy in.”įor media enquiries or interviews, please contact: “Losing the holiday shopping season will mean permanent closure for many small retailers. “A second round of lockdowns is a crushing blow for Ontario’s retail sector,” added Ryan Mallough, CFIB’s director, Ontario. Still encourages customers to shop by curbside pickup or delivery as preferred means.Requires all businesses to sign the POST Promise before opening in-store operations.Encourages pre-booking appointments, to avoid long lines outside the store.
Limits the store to three public-facing staff to help customers shop as efficiently as possible from a safe distance.Limits customers to three per store for a fixed time for personalized shopping.Allows all non-essential small retailers to open to in-store sales, but with very limited capacity for customers and public-facing staff.These measures can co-exist with the current rules allowing some critical goods retailers to remain open with 50 per cent capacity.ĬFIB recommends that the Government of Ontario: To ensure fairness in the application of critical service rules, CFIB recommends the following additional measures to ensure small retailers can safely serve a limited number of customers. Ontario "Small Business First" COVID-19 Retail Policy If it is dangerous to buy a book at an independent bookseller, why isn’t it dangerous at Costco?” The current rules close small bookstores, florists and lighting stores to instore business, but allow customers to line up at Costco and Walmart to buy these same items. “The province needs to fix this imbalance immediately and rely on small businesses as part of the solution to help keep Ontarians from gathering in large groups. “We’ve already heard from hundreds of concerned small retailers who feel the lockdown restrictions have created a massive unfair advantage for many big, multi-national corporations,” said CFIB president Dan Kelly. Toronto, Novem– In the wake of the lockdown restrictions placed on businesses across Toronto and Peel Region this morning, and to ensure fairness in the application of critical services rules, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) is calling on the Government of Ontario to implement a “Small Business First” COVID-19 Retail Policy to help small retailers safely salvage the remainder of the holiday season. Small firms call on Ontario Government to save the holiday season for small retailers
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