[PDF] Top 20 Efficacy of acupuncture for chronic low back pain: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... non-specific low back pain will be identified from the health plans' automated visit ...be randomized to one of the four groups. If the participant is randomized to acu- puncture, the ... See full document

... to acupuncture needles and has been widely practiced and has been indicated in some cases where treatment with traditional acupuncture (or another tech- nique) has ...manual acupuncture, low ... See full document

... venom acupuncture (BVA) involves injecting purified and diluted bee venom into acupoints ...medicines, acupuncture and spinal manipulation, is effective in the treatment of LBP with leg pain ... See full document

... Thread-embedding acupuncture (TEA) is a new subtype of acupuncture treatment developed from catgut-embedding ...musculoskeletal pain, obesity, chronic urticaria, peri- menopausal syndrome, and ... See full document

... of acupuncture for acute pain to inform clinical practice ...of acupuncture in acute set- tings, only two published randomized controlled trial of acupuncture in an ED ... See full document

... countries, low back pain is the first reason that people consult with the Korean Med- icine Doctor (KMD) for acupuncture treatment ...of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on ... See full document

... both back- related utilization and total medical ...out-of-pocket back-related expenses) is obtained from a cost questionnaire completed by the Veteran with the primary initial recall period being the past ... See full document

... our trial is recall bias of pre-treat- ment symptom severity at the assessment of overall ...this trial, we hope the results will provide more reliable evidence and clarify the value of acupuncture ... See full document

... Primary outcome analysis will be conducted with a logistic generalized linear mixed model (GLMM) for repeated measures. Response or non-response at each scheduled post-baseline visit (end of treatment, and 20 and 24 ... See full document

... Dizziness is one of the most challenging symptoms in medicine, and the prevalence has been reported to be between 11.1% and 28.9% [1]. It is associated with func- tional disability, and 10 to 20% of sufferers fall ... See full document

... We selected local acupoints and local non-acupoints on the same side of the shoulder lesion, while distal acu- point and distal non-acupoint were opposite to the shoulder lesion. Acupuncture points are selected as ... See full document

... single-blind, randomized, controlled trial of 51 patients who were allocated into a traditional massage therapy group (TMG; N=24, mean age: ...in pain per the visual analog scale (VAS); the ... See full document

... The primary and secondary outcomes will be assessed at three different terms: baseline, 6-week follow-up and 6-month follow-up. In addition, at the last two assess- ments the participants will be instructed to refrain ... See full document

... the efficacy of acupuncture tend to use different types of con- trol group, with the following being the most commonly adopted: 1) sham acupuncture, which has various possi- ble modes, including: A) ... See full document

... for pain treatment inter- ventions is currently under debate and questions are raised about whether it is justified to expose control group patients to risks of serious harm [32, ...for pain [35, ...is ... See full document

... inserted into the respective acupoints. The needle will be inserted perpendicularly for PC6 at a depth of 20 mm. For GV26, the needle will be inserted towards the nose at a depth of 5–10 mm. The needle will be ma- ... See full document

... with chronic pain; and (2) instruction and practice in identifying and challenging negative thoughts, the use of thought-stopping techniques, the use of positive self-coping statements and goal-setting, ... See full document

... a randomized, assessor-blinded, multicenter, clinical trial with two parallel ...receive acupuncture treatment at 11 local and 4 distal acupuncture points for 20 min twice a week for 6 ...same ... See full document

... Therapeutic ultrasound is used frequently in the treat- ment of LBP by many physiotherapists around the world and after more than 60 years of clinical use, there is still great controversy over its usefulness [13-16]. ... See full document

... A statistical analysis will be performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 16.0, SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA) in the Center of Acupuncture Clinical Research. A full analysis set ... See full document