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1,520 questions · 1,575 findings · 175 reviews · Headline outcomes only

No studies found 239 · 15.2%GRADE not reported 59 · 3.7%Very low 337 · 21.4%Low 406 · 25.8%Moderate 410 · 26%High 124 · 7.9%

Interferon beta‐1a vs placebo

Participants who completed the study and did not restart IVIg therapy after IVIg withdrawal · people with CIDP

Interferon beta‐1a showed no clear difference in participants who completed the study and did not restart IVIg… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Local corticosteroid injection (LCI) vs a control strategy (no treatment, placebo or waiting list controls)

Heel pain: VAS 0 to 100 (higher scores = worse pain) ‐ short‐term · Adults with plantar heel pain¹

Local steroid injection showed no clear difference in heel pain: VAS 0 to 100 (higher scores = worse pain) ‐ short‐term compared with placebo or no treatment control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Local corticosteroid injection (LCI) vs a control strategy (no treatment, placebo or waiting list controls)

Heel pain: VAS 0 to 100 (higher scores = worse pain) ‐ medium‐term · Adults with plantar heel pain¹

Local steroid injection showed no clear difference in heel pain: VAS 0 to 100 (higher scores = worse pain) ‐ medium‐term compared with placebo or no treatment control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Local corticosteroid injection (LCI) vs a control strategy (no treatment, placebo or waiting list controls)

Function: medium‐term FFI (0 to 100: higher scores = worse function) FHSQ (0 to 100: higher scores = better function · Adults with plantar heel pain¹

It is very uncertain whether local steroid injection changes function: medium‐term FFI (0 to 100: higher scores = worse function)… compared with placebo or no treatment control (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Local corticosteroid injection (LCI) vs a control strategy (no treatment, placebo or waiting list controls)

Treatment failure (Heel pain persists at 8 weeks; subsequent treatment at 12 weeks; no pain relief at 6 months) · Adults with plantar heel pain¹

It is very uncertain whether local steroid injection changes treatment failure (Heel pain persists at 8 weeks; subsequent… compared with placebo or no treatment control (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review