ACUPUNCTURE AND TREATMENT WITH LASER-RADIATION IN CASES OF CERVICAL AND LUMBAR SYNDROMES

  • 1 January 1981
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 111  (37) , 1360-1366
Abstract
Eight random groups, each of 15 patients with tendomyotic cervical and lumbar syndrome, underwent acupuncture, 1 group receiving needle acupuncture at the correct sites according to Chinese medicine and another receiving placebo needles at the same sites. In a 3rd group, acupuncture needles were applied at sites which were wholly inconsistent with Chinese practice. The remaining 5 groups took part in a single blind trial involving various types of radiation at the correct acupuncture sites, using an apparatus emitting either laser rays, red light, mixed light, IR or no radiation at all, without interference from the therapist. All the groups showed improvement, but an analysis according to Kruskal and Wallis revealed no significant differences between type and site of treatment.