[PDF] Top 20 Efficacy of acupuncture and electroacupuncture in patients with nonspecific low back pain: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... of acupuncture in the management of LBP, but review conclusions are sometimes contradict- ory and often limited by the number and quality of the included studies ...of acupuncture, some studies report that ... See full document

... The main acupoints ST36, PC6, and RN12 will be nee- dled in each group. Additional acupoints will also be used based on symptom differentiation. For stagnation of liver qi, RN17 and LR13 (bilateral) are added; for ... See full document

... of Acupuncture Clinical ...the study and have main variable baseline values in this ...set, patients will receive at least one safety evaluation after ... See full document

... world. Acupuncture continued to be devel- oped and codified in texts over the subsequent centuries and gradually became one of the standard therapies used in ...Later, acupuncture was introduced to other ... See full document

... Semi-standardized acupuncture points will be ...nine acupuncture points will be used as additional ...the patients’ ...four acupuncture points of Jia-ji (bilateral Ex-B2 at L3 and L5) and per- ... See full document

... a trial showing that electroacupunc- ture at BL33 can reduce IPSS by ...moderate patients with ...pilot trial (n = 40), 40 patients were randomized into the treatment group (BL33) and ... See full document

... MT patients. In this trial, not only hot flashes, but also MRS, MENQOL score, and hormone levels will be ...sham acupuncture [24,25]. The needle in this trial is more simply constructed and ... See full document

... refractory low back ...treatment protocol, however, low back pain caused by low-grade spondylolisthesis is controlled with non-surgical pain ...management. ... See full document

... Back pain patients are often dissatisfied with conventional medical care [6], especially in comparison to care pro- vided by non-MD's including CAM practitioners ...[7-10]. Back pain is ... See full document

... in patients with low back pain (LBP) and is associated with high levels of pain, psychological distress, and physical ...Our study aims to establish the feasibility of a ... See full document

... We did not find a large effect size in the meta-analysis of continuous outcomes for pain intensity. All meta-analyses of continuous outcomes were performed using SMD values because the included trials used ... See full document

... with nonspecific chronic low back pain, aged between 18 to 80 years, of both sexes, and with pain inten- sity equal to or greater than 3 points, assessed by the Pain Numerical ... See full document

... 54 patients in their study but no power analysis is men- tioned in their ...enough patients included, the CPR is unlikely to be ...[17] study design and found comparable ...489 patients ... See full document

... for acupuncture is ...of acupuncture under real-life conditions ...clinical acupuncture research is through pragmatic trials where acupuncture is compared to standard care rather than ... See full document

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

... Previous randomized clinical trials that compared the efficacy of BVA with acupuncture or normal saline injection on LBP [29,30] have been underestimated due to their poor methodological ...this ... See full document

... best acupuncture technique is of clinical interest for many medical practitioners as well as for clinical researchers designing acupuncture trials [45; 29; ...chinese acupuncture, repre- senting the ... See full document

... by acupuncture In our study, the assessment of De Qi sensation perceived by the patients is based on the Chinese version of the ”modified” Massachusetts General Hospital Acu- puncture Sensation Scale ... See full document

... many patients experience delays in vestibular compensation, which lead to chronic symptoms that inter- fere with everyday functional tasks ...dizzy patients also experience psychological distress, often re- ... See full document

... of patients remained non- adherent to corticosteroid therapy ...effective, low-risk, and non- drug strategy would provide a valuable and adjunctive treatment in asthma management ... See full document