Acupuncture in patients with acute low back pain: A multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial

Pain

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1883-1889

  Vas, Jorge ^a   Aranda, José Manuel ^b   Modesto, Manuela ^a   Benítez Parejo, Nicolás ^c,d   Herrera, Antonia ^e   Martínez Barquín, Dulce María ^f   Aguilar, Inmaculada ^a   Sánchez Araujo, Max ^g,h   Rivas Ruiz, Francisco ^c,d  

^a Pain Treatment Unit Doña Mercedes Primary Health Care Centre   (Spain)

^b Public Health System   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL COSTA DEL SOL   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^f Health Centre Colonia Santa Inés Teatinos   (Spain)

^g Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda   (Venezuela)

^h Instituto de Investigación de Salud y Terapéutica INSYT   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Acute low back pain; Placebo; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBENZAPRINE; DICLOFENAC; IBUPROFEN; PARACETAMOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLACEBO EFFECT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE ANALGESIA; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864586079     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2012.05.033     Document Type: Article

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