Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain (Review)
Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain (Review)
Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain (Review)
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Table 5. Adequacy of acupuncture<br />
(Continued)<br />
Tsukayama 2002 Adequate Adequate <strong>for</strong> the<br />
purpose of the<br />
study<br />
Adequate Not reported TENS but number of sessions<br />
too small.<br />
Von<br />
1988<br />
Mencke<br />
Adequate Adequate Adequate Not reported Sham<br />
acupuncture<br />
Wang 1996 Adequate Adequate Adequate Adequate Active acupuncture:<br />
distal points<br />
Wu 1991 Adequate (<strong>for</strong><br />
acute LBP)<br />
Adequate (single<br />
session <strong>for</strong> acute<br />
LBP)<br />
Adequate Adequate Another active<br />
acupuncture treatment<br />
Yeung 2003 Adequate Adequate <strong>for</strong> the<br />
purpose of the<br />
study<br />
Adequate Adequate Physiotherapy<br />
(st<strong>and</strong>ard exercises)<br />
Patients in the exercise<br />
group did<br />
not receive<br />
the same attention<br />
as in the acupuncture<br />
group<br />
A P P E N D I C E S<br />
Appendix 1. MEDLINE search strategy<br />
1 r<strong>and</strong>omized controlled trial.pt. (72769)<br />
2 controlled clinical trial.pt. (16977)<br />
3 R<strong>and</strong>omized Controlled Trials/ (17706)<br />
4 R<strong>and</strong>om Allocation/ (11879)<br />
5 Double-Blind Method/ (26902)<br />
6 Single-Blind Method/ (4389)<br />
7 or/1-6 (120640)<br />
8 Animal/ not Human/ (583159)<br />
9 7 not 8 (112795)<br />
10 clinical trial.pt. (144571)<br />
11 exp Clinical Trials/ (45063)<br />
12 ((singl$ or doubl$ or trebl$ or tripl$) adj (mask$ or blind$)).tw. (24652)<br />
13 Placebos/ (4548)<br />
14 placebo$.tw. (30921)<br />
15 r<strong>and</strong>om$.tw. (123481)<br />
16 Research Design/ (12824)<br />
17 (latin adj square).tw. (663)<br />
18 (clinic$ adj25 trial$).tw. (43883)<br />
19 or/10-18 (275600)<br />
<strong>Acupuncture</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>dry</strong>-<strong>needling</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>low</strong> <strong>back</strong> <strong>pain</strong> (<strong>Review</strong>)<br />
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