Acupuncture treatment of chronic low-back pain – a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial with 9-month follow-up
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Pain
- Vol. 96 (1) , 189-196
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3959(01)00444-4
Abstract
There is some evidence for the efficacy of acupuncture in chronic low-back pain (LBP), but it remains unclear whether acupuncture is superior to placebo. In a randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled trial, we evaluated the effect of traditional acupuncture in chronic LBP. A total of 131 consKeywords
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