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Technology Assessments

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Acupuncture (145 KB) March 1998.
AquaMED (or dry hydrotherapy) (109 KB).
Artificial disc replacement (310 KB / 2 min) November 2004.
Autologous blood injections (27 KB).
Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) (107 KB) June 2002.
Bone cements for use during kyphoplasty and vertebroplasty (22 KB).
Bone morphogenic protein (188 KB) September 2003.
Cervical traction devices (116 KB) August 2002.
Dynatron STS Device (103 KB) April 2002.
Epidural adhesiolysis (206 KB) July 2004.
ERMI Flexionater and Extensionater (109 KB) June 2003.
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) (221 KB / 1 min) March 2004.
Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT) (1300 KB / 7 min) January 2003.
Futures Unlimited (120 KB PDF) July 2004.
Hyaluronic acid (83 KB) August 1998.
IDET (127 KB) September 2003.
IDET (181 KB) July 2000.
Low level laser therapy (308 KB / 2 min) May 2004.
MedX lumbar extension machine (145 KB) November 2003.
Meniscal allograft transplantation (52 KB) October 2002.
Microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees (37 KB) August 2002.
NC-stat ® System, NeuroMetrix ® Inc. (126 KB) June 2006.
Otto Bock Vacuum Assisted Socket System (99 KB) April 2003.
Percutaneous Discectomy for Disc Herniation (668 KB / 4 min) February 2004.
Percutaneous Neuromodulation Therapy for low back pain (94 KB) January 2004.
Powered Traction Devices for Intervertebral Decompression (45 KB) June 2004.
Standing MRI, Weight-bearing, Positional & Upright™ (139 KB) August 2002.
Thermal shrinkage for instability and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Laxity (88 KB) June 2003.
Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (261 KB / 1 min) June 2004.
VaxD (124 KB).
Wound VAC (64 KB).

If you have questions or problems accessing these technology assessments, please contact:
Josh Morse at mojo235@LNI.wa.gov or 360-902-5026.