Superficial acupuncture in the relief of chronic low back pain.
A single-blind, randomised, 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 five measures of efficacy chosen for study the acupuncture group achieved better responses than the placebo group; four of the five inter-group differences were statistically significant. In addition, an overall mean for all five measures combined showed significant superiority of acupuncture over placebo.
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D001416:Back Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011897:Random Allocation; D013997:Time Factors