SUPERFICIAL ACUPUNCTURE IN THE RELIEF OF CHRONIC LOW-BACK-PAIN - A PLACEBO-CONTROLLED RANDOMIZED TRIAL
- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 65 (1) , 44-46
Abstract
A single-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial of superficial acupuncture in the treatment of low back pain was carried out by comparing 8 patients treated by acupuncture with 9 patients treated by placebo. In all 5 measures of efficacy chosen for study the acupuncture group achieved better responses than the placebo group; 4 of the 5 inter-group differences were statistically significant. An overall mean for all 5 measures combined showed significant superiority of acupuncture over placebo.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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