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Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain (Review)

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Yeung 2003<br />

(Continued)<br />

Notes<br />

Language: English<br />

Publication: full paper<br />

No additional in<strong>for</strong>mation from authors<br />

For results, see the comparisons:<br />

12.1<br />

12.7<br />

12.9<br />

Conclusions: “Significantly better scores in the NRS <strong>and</strong> Aberdeen LBP scale were found in the exercise plus EA<br />

group immediately after treatment, at 1-month fol<strong>low</strong>-up <strong>and</strong> at 3-month fol<strong>low</strong>-up”<br />

Key:<br />

CAM = complementary <strong>and</strong> alternative medicine<br />

ADL = activities of daily living<br />

WLC = waiting list control<br />

Characteristics of excluded studies [ordered by study ID]<br />

Study<br />

Cai 1996<br />

Duplan 1983<br />

Fox 1976<br />

Franke 2000<br />

Fujinuki 1989<br />

Galacchi 1981<br />

Gallacchi 1983<br />

Ghia 1976<br />

Hackett 1988<br />

Ishimaru 1993<br />

Junnila 1982<br />

Kinoshita 1965<br />

Kinoshita 1971<br />

Reason <strong>for</strong> exclusion<br />

Sciatica<br />

Acute sciatica of disc origin.<br />

Not r<strong>and</strong>omised<br />

<strong>Acupuncture</strong> treatment did not involve <strong>needling</strong>.<br />

Lumbar spinal canal stenosis<br />

Percentage of <strong>low</strong>-<strong>back</strong> <strong>pain</strong> unknown<br />

Percentage of <strong>low</strong>-<strong>back</strong> <strong>pain</strong> unknown<br />

Specific causes of <strong>low</strong>-<strong>back</strong> <strong>pain</strong><br />

<strong>Acupuncture</strong> treatment did not involve <strong>needling</strong>.<br />

Not r<strong>and</strong>omised<br />

No <strong>back</strong> <strong>pain</strong><br />

Sciatica<br />

Sciatica<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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