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Research Archive
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ACUPUNCTURE RELIEVES CHRONIC BACK PAIN
Categories: Back
A meta-analysis of 33 randomised controlled trials of acupuncture has concluded that it can effectively relieve chronic lower back pain. Specifically it was found to be more effective than sham acupuncture and no additional treatment. There was insufficient data to form conclusions about its effect on acute lower back pain. (Annals of Internal Medicine, Vol. 142, Issue 8, pages 651-663).
ACUPUNCTURE & LOWER BACK PAIN
Categories: Back
An analysis of Canadian patients who had self-referred to acupuncturists for treatment for low back pain (LBP), found that they made significantly fewer visits to their physician for LBP care in the year following treatment (1.55 versus 4.45 in 1999, 1.41 versus 7.17 in 2000 and .86 versus 4.04 in 2001) compared to LBP sufferers who had not received acupuncture. They consequently required signific ...
ACUPRESSURE WINS FOR BACK PAIN
Categories: Back
A Taiwanese study has compared the effects of acupressure (six treatments) with standard physical therapy ( i n c l u d i n g p e l v i c m a n u a l t r a c t i o n , s p i n a l m a n i p u l a t i o n , t h e r m o t h e r a p y , i n f r a r e d l i g h t t h e r a p y , e l ...
ACUPUNCTURE & LOW BACK PAIN
Categories: Back
In a large study of the use of acupuncture for the treatment of around 10,000 patients with chronic low back pain, acupuncture was found to be more effective than a no-acupuncture control group and relatively cost-effective. (Pragmatic randomized trial evaluating the clinical and economic effectiveness of acupuncture for chronic low back pain. Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Sep 1;164(5):487-96).
ACUPUNCTURE & LOW BACK PAIN
Categories: Back
A landmark study has been published by the British Medical Journal on the treatment of lower back pain by acupuncture. 241 adults were randomly assigned to receive either standard care or ten acupuncture treatments and asked to record pain levels, use of pain medication and satisfaction with treatment. Although there was only a non-significant benefit for acupuncture at 12-months follow-up, compar ...
ELECTRO-ACUPUNCTURE CURES HORSE'S BACK PAIN
Categories: Back
A study of electro-acupuncture for chronic low back pain in horses has found that it can successfully alleviate thoracolumbar pain and that the analgesic effect persists for up to two weeks after the treatment. (Evaluation of electroacupuncture treatment of horses with signs of chronic thoracolumbar pain. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2005 Jul 15;227(2):281-6).
TREATING PELVIC AND BACK PAIN IN PREGNANCY
Categories: Back
A systematic review using the Cochrane database has assessed the effects of interventions for preventing and treating back and pelvic pain in pregnancy. Authors searched the Cochrane database for randomised controlled trials of any treatment used to prevent or reduce the incidence or severity of back or pelvic pain in pregnancy. Eight studies (1305 participants from five countries) were included i ...
ELECTROACUPUNCTURE FOR DOGS DISKS
Categories: Back
Electroacupuncture is an effective treatment for intervertebral disk disease in dogs. Fifty dogs with signs of thoracolumbar intervertebral disk disease were randomly allocated to receive either electroacupuncture stimulation combined with standard W ...
ACUPUNCTURE TWICE AS GOOD FOR CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN
Categories: Back
Another result from the large multi-centre German Acupuncture Trials (GERAC), suggests that both real and sham acupuncture are much more effective against chronic low back pain than conventional therapy. The patient- and observer-blinded randomised controlled trial involved 340 outpatient practices, including 1162 patients aged 18-86 years (average 50) with a history of chronic low back pain lasti ...
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