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Acupuncture for chronic low back pain: a multicenter, randomized, patient-assessor blind, sham-controlled clinical trial.

Cho YJ, Song YK, Cha YY, Shin BC, Shin IH, Park HJ, Lee HS, Kim KW, Cho JH, Chung WS, Lee JH, Song MY.

Spine (Phila Pa 1976).

2013

38(7)

549-57. 

10.1097/BRS.0b013e318275e601.

23026870

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23026870

Acupuncture Therapy*/adverse effects
Acupuncture Therapy*/methods
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Chronic Pain/psychology
Chronic Pain/therapy
Depression/etiology
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Low Back Pain/psychology
Low Back Pain/therapy*
Male
Middle Aged
Pain Measurement
Questionnaires
Republic of Korea
Single-Blind Method
Treatment Outcome
Young Adult

acupuncture; chronic low back pain; clinical trial; visual analogue scale

침 치료; 만성 요통; 임상 시험; 시각적 통증 진단 척도, VAS

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STUDY DESIGN:
Multicenter, randomized, patient-assessor blind, sham-controlled clinical trial.
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the efficacy of acupuncture treatment with individualized setting for reduction of bothersomeness in participants with chronic low back pain (cLBP).
SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:
Low back pain is one of the main reasons of disability among adults of working age. Acupuncture is known as an effective treatment of cLBP, but it remains unclear whether acupuncture is superior to placebo.
METHODS:
One hundred thirty adults aged 18 to 65 years with nonspecific LBP lasting for at least last 3 months prior to the trial participated in the study from 3 Korean medical hospitals. Participants received individualized real acupuncture treatments or sham acupuncture treatments for more than 6 weeks (twice a week) from Korean Medicine doctors. Primary outcome was change of visual analogue scale (VAS) score for bothersomeness of cLBP. Secondary outcomes included VAS score for pain intensity and questionnaires including Oswestry Disability Index, general health status (Short Form-36), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).
RESULTS:
There were no baseline differences observed between the 2 groups, except in the Oswestry Disability Index. One hundred sixteen participants finished the treatments and 3- and 6-month follow-ups, with 14 subjects dropping out. Significant difference in VAS score for bothersomeness and pain intensity score of cLBP has been found between the 2 groups (P < 0.05) at the primary end point (8 wk). In addition, those 2 scores improved continuously until 3-month follow-up (P = 0.011, P = 0.005, respectively). Oswestry Disability Index, the Beck Depression Inventory, and Short Form-36 scores were also improved in both groups without group difference.
CONCLUSION:
This randomized sham-controlled trial suggests that acupuncture treatment shows better effect on the reduction of the bothersomeness and pain intensity than sham control in participants with cLBP.

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