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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 />

Copyright © 2011 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />

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