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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Wu (b) 1991<br />
(Continued)<br />
Notes<br />
Wu 1991<br />
Methods<br />
Participants<br />
Interventions<br />
Outcomes<br />
Notes<br />
-R<strong>and</strong>omized (based on odd or even number of the date of patient admission). No mention of concealment of<br />
allocation<br />
-Patients were blinded.<br />
-Funding: Not reported<br />
-Setting: Outpatients in a hospital. Morocco.<br />
-In<strong>for</strong>med consent <strong>and</strong> ethics approval not mentioned.<br />
-Fol<strong>low</strong>-up: 100% (single session of acupuncture)<br />
-Analysis: Not reported<br />
150 patients with acute <strong>low</strong>-<strong>back</strong> <strong>pain</strong>.<br />
Exclusion criteria not described<br />
Age between 20 <strong>and</strong> 55 years old<br />
Gender: 105 males <strong>and</strong> 45 females<br />
Working status: not described<br />
Previous treatments: not described<br />
1) SI3 point treatment<br />
R<strong>and</strong>omized to this group: 75<br />
2) Extra 29 (EX-UE7) treatment<br />
R<strong>and</strong>omized to this group: 75<br />
Manual acupuncture technique (no electro-stimulation) was used. Strong Teh Chi sensation was obtained combined<br />
with lumbar spine movement until symptom relieved. No mention of the duration of the treatment<br />
1) Global assessment (<strong>pain</strong> <strong>and</strong> range of motion).<br />
- cure: no <strong>pain</strong> <strong>and</strong> normal range of motion<br />
- marked effective: <strong>pain</strong> is generally gone <strong>and</strong> ROM marked improved<br />
- effective: <strong>pain</strong> is relieved <strong>and</strong> ROM is somewhat improved.<br />
- no change<br />
Costs: not reported<br />
Complications: not reported<br />
The authors dichotomized at:<br />
a) cure+marked effective+effective versus no change<br />
<strong>and</strong><br />
b) cure+marked effective versus effective+no change<br />
Language: Chinese<br />
Publication: full paper<br />
No additional in<strong>for</strong>mation from authors<br />
For results, see the comparisons:<br />
Dichotomization a) 3.1<br />
Dichotomization b) 3.1<br />
Conclusions: “<strong>Acupuncture</strong> point SI 3 is more effective than the point Yaotongxue.”<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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