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Acupuncture for chronic nonspecific low back pain.
Mu J, Furlan AD, Lam WY, Hsu MY, Ning Z, Lao L. Mu J, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Dec 11;12(12):CD013814. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013814. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020. PMID: 33306198 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: Chronic nonspecific low back pain (LBP) is very common; it is defined as pain without a recognizable etiology that lasts for more than three months. ...The decision to use acupuncture to treat chronic low back pain …
BACKGROUND: Chronic nonspecific low back pain (LBP) is very common; it is defined as pain without a recognizable …
Acupuncture and Acupoints for Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Kim G, Kim D, Moon H, Yoon DE, Lee S, Ko SJ, Kim B, Chae Y, Lee IS. Kim G, et al. Am J Chin Med. 2023;51(2):223-247. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X23500131. Epub 2022 Dec 31. Am J Chin Med. 2023. PMID: 36585839
Acupuncture has been used as a therapeutic intervention for the treatment of numerous diseases and symptoms for thousands of years, and low back pain has been studied and treated the most in acupuncture clinics. ...We performed a systematic revi …
Acupuncture has been used as a therapeutic intervention for the treatment of numerous diseases and symptoms for thousands of years, a …
Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians.
Qaseem A, Wilt TJ, McLean RM, Forciea MA; Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians; Denberg TD, Barry MJ, Boyd C, Chow RD, Fitterman N, Harris RP, Humphrey LL, Vijan S. Qaseem A, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Apr 4;166(7):514-530. doi: 10.7326/M16-2367. Epub 2017 Feb 14. Ann Intern Med. 2017. PMID: 28192789 Free article.
RECOMMENDATION 2: For patients with chronic low back pain, clinicians and patients should initially select nonpharmacologic treatment with exercise, multidisciplinary rehabilitation, acupuncture, mindfulness-based stress reduction (moderate-quality evi …
RECOMMENDATION 2: For patients with chronic low back pain, clinicians and patients should initially select nonpharmacol …
Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain in Older Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
DeBar LL, Wellman RD, Justice M, Avins AL, Beyrouty M, Eng CM, Herman PM, Nielsen A, Pressman A, Stone KL, Teets RY, Cook AJ. DeBar LL, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Sep 2;8(9):e2531348. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.31348. JAMA Netw Open. 2025. PMID: 40938602 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.
IMPORTANCE: The study was carried out to inform Medicare acupuncture coverage decisions addressing the gap in evidence on acupuncture effectiveness, specifically for older adults with chronic low back pain (CLBP). ...CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: T …
IMPORTANCE: The study was carried out to inform Medicare acupuncture coverage decisions addressing the gap in evidence on acupunct …
Acupuncture for Low Back Pain: Reevaluation of Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses.
Yan WX, Lin HZ, Wang X, Zhang W, Liu LP, Yu JN, Yang T. Yan WX, et al. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2023 Sep;27(9):351-369. doi: 10.1007/s11916-023-01139-w. Epub 2023 Jul 11. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2023. PMID: 37432524 Free PMC article. Review.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This overview aims to reevaluate the methodological quality, report quality, and evidence quality of systematic reviews (SRs)/meta-analyses (MAs) of acupuncture for low back pain to determine whether acupuncture effectively tr …
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This overview aims to reevaluate the methodological quality, report quality, and evidence quality of systematic reviews ( …
Acupuncture in chronic aspecific low back pain: a Bayesian network meta-analysis.
Baroncini A, Maffulli N, Eschweiler J, Molsberger F, Klimuch A, Migliorini F. Baroncini A, et al. J Orthop Surg Res. 2022 Jun 20;17(1):319. doi: 10.1186/s13018-022-03212-3. J Orthop Surg Res. 2022. PMID: 35725480 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: This Bayesian network meta-analysis investigated the available randomized control trials (RCTs) to point out which acupuncture protocol is the most effective for chronic aspecific low back pain (LBP). Efficacy was measured in terms of pa …
BACKGROUND: This Bayesian network meta-analysis investigated the available randomized control trials (RCTs) to point out which acupunctur …
Interventions for preventing and treating low-back and pelvic pain during pregnancy.
Liddle SD, Pennick V. Liddle SD, et al. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015 Sep 30;2015(9):CD001139. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001139.pub4. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015. PMID: 26422811 Free PMC article.
Two studies also investigated low-back pain prevention and four, low-back and pelvic pain prevention. Diagnoses ranged from self-reported symptoms to clinicians' interpretation of specific tests. ...There was moderate-quality evidence (st …
Two studies also investigated low-back pain prevention and four, low-back and pelvic pain preventi …
Acupuncture for the Management of Low Back Pain.
Urits I, Wang JK, Yancey K, Mousa M, Jung JW, Berger AA, Shehata IM, Elhassan A, Kaye AD, Viswanath O. Urits I, et al. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2021 Jan 14;25(1):2. doi: 10.1007/s11916-020-00919-y. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2021. PMID: 33443607
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This evidence-based systematic review will focus on the use of acupuncture and its role in the treatment of low back pain to help better guide physicians in their practice. It will cover the background and the burden of low …
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This evidence-based systematic review will focus on the use of acupuncture and its role in the treatment of low …
Needling Point Location Used in Sham Acupuncture for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.
Lee B, Kwon CY, Lee HW, Nielsen A, Wieland LS, Kim TH, Birch S, Alraek T, Lee MS. Lee B, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Sep 5;6(9):e2332452. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.32452. JAMA Netw Open. 2023. PMID: 37672270 Free PMC article.
However, the sham procedure is conducted either at the same points that are used for the acupuncture group or at nonindicated points. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether the outcome of sham acupuncture varies according to the needling points in sham-controlled trials of …
However, the sham procedure is conducted either at the same points that are used for the acupuncture group or at nonindicated points. …
The Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Low Back Pain: An Umbrella Review and Meta-Analysis.
Wu M, Fan C, Liu H, Chen X, Gao Z, Zhao X, Zhou J, Jiang Z. Wu M, et al. Am J Chin Med. 2024;52(4):905-923. doi: 10.1142/S0192415X2450037X. Epub 2024 May 24. Am J Chin Med. 2024. PMID: 38790086
Recommendations on the use of acupuncture in managing low back pain (LBP) vary across different guidelines. The methodological quality of existing systematic reviews and meta-analyses on this topic also demonstrates considerable diversity, potentially …
Recommendations on the use of acupuncture in managing low back pain (LBP) vary across different guidelines. The …
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