Superficial acupuncture in the relief of chronic low back pain
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Title
Superficial acupuncture in the relief of chronic low back pain
Date
1983
volume
65(1)
pages
44-46
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Abstract
A single-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of superficial acupuncture in the treatment of low back pain was carried out by comparing 8 patients treated by acupuncture with 9 patients treated by placebo. In all five measures of efficacy chosen for study the acupuncture group achieved better responses than the placebo group; four of the five inter-group differences were statistically significant. In addition, an overall mean for all five measures combined showed significant superiority of acupuncture over placebo
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has health condition studied
Back Pain
plan
1/WK
has study population number
17
has duration
10 Weeks