ArticleClinical case reports2021
Is single-point acupuncture effective in treating acute low back pain?
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- Core acupoint selection strategies and multifactorial analysis for acute musculoskeletal pain.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- When Eastern Meets Western Medicine to Manage SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Patient: a Case Report.SN comprehensive clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Is single-point acupuncture effective in treating acute low back pain?Clinical case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Acupuncture is often used for acute and chronic low back pain; however, its efficacy is controversial, primarily for acute low back pain (ALBP). An acupuncture point, GV-26, could be used as an analgesic acupoint to treat acute low back pain. Our study suggests that single acupuncture could relieve ALBP within a short time without any adverse events. Acupuncture can be integrated with allopathic (western) medicine and used in the hospital's emergency department to treat acute painful conditions.
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