ArticleEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2015
Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in Emergency Department: A Pilot Cohort Study.
Article in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04236908 (Accessible Acupuncture for the Warrior With Acute Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers.
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Accessible Acupuncture for the Warrior With Acute Low Back Pain
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Is Acute Lower Back Pain Associated with Heart Rate Variability Changes? A Protocol for Systematic Reviews.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Acceptability, Adaptation, and Clinical Outcomes of Acupuncture Provided in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Pilot Study.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2017Article
- Clinical Effects of Laser Acupuncture plus Chinese Cupping on the Pain and Plasma Cortisol Levels in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Lower Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017Article
- Evaluation of the clinical application of a leaflet for clinical practice guidelines in patients with herniated intervertebral discs: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2016Article
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Abstract
Introduction. Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common complaints in the emergency department (ED). There are several research articles providing evidence for acupuncture for treating chronic LBP but few about treating acute LBP. This study assessed the efficacy and safety of acupuncture for the treatment of acute LBP in the ED. Materials and methods. A clinical pilot cohort study was conducted. 60 participants, recruited in the ED, were divided into experimental and control groups with 1 dropout during the study. Life-threatening conditions or severe neurological defects were excluded. The experimental group (n = 45) received a series of fixed points of acupuncture. The control group (n = 14) received sham acupuncture by pasting seed-patches near acupoints. Back pain was measured using the visual analog scale (VAS) at three time points: baseline and immediately after and 3 days after intervention as the primary outcome. The secondary outcomes were heart rate variability (HRV) and adverse events. Results. The VAS demonstrated a significant decrease (P value <0.001) for the experimental group after 15 minutes of acupuncture. The variation in HRV showed no significant difference in either group. No adverse event was reported. Conclusion. Acupuncture might provide immediate effect in reducing the pain of acute LBP safely.
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