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

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 549-557

  Cho, Yu Jeong ^a   Song, Yun Kyung ^b   Cha, Yun Yeop ^c   Shin, Byung Cheul ^d   Shin, Im Hee ^e   Park, Hi Joon ^a   Lee, Hyang Sook ^a   Kim, Koh Woon ^a   Cho, Jae Heung ^a   Chung, Won Suk ^a   Lee, Jun Hwan ^a,f   Song, Mi Yeon ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

^c Sangji University   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^e Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^f Acupuncture   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BODY POSTURE; BOTHERSOMENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISTAL PARESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOT PAIN; HUMAN; ISCHIALGIA; KNEE PAIN; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT FORM 36; SHOULDER PAIN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN BRUISING; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876409096     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318275e601     Document Type: Article

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