GuidelineJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2022
Guideline Acupuncture for low back pain: a clinical practice guideline from the Hong Kong taskforce of standardized acupuncture practice.
Guideline in Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06703671 (The Efficacy and Safety of Electroacupuncture Compared With Sham Acupuncture in Patients With Discogenic Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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The Efficacy and Safety of Electroacupuncture Compared With Sham Acupuncture in Patients With Discogenic Low Back Pain: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Comprehensive consideration of multiple determinants from evidence to recommendations in guidelines for most traditional Chinese medicine was suboptimal: a systematic review.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy and safety of blood pricking and cupping for treating nonspecific low back pain: a systematic review and Meta-analysis.Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Acupotomy Combined with Topical Diclofenac for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2025Trial
- Treatment of heterotopic ossification via inhibiting the MMP-2/CDH5 axis through oral delivery of network pharmacology-predicted Chinese medicine.Materials today. Bio · 2026Article
- Should thread-embedding and auricular acupuncture be combined rather than used individually for non-specific chronic low back pain?: A double-blinded, randomized, sham-controlled trial.Integrative medicine research · 2025Article
- Improving Delphi Process in Acupuncture Decision Making: Overall Descriptions and Quality Assessment of Delphi Reports.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2024Review
- Observational studies of traditional Chinese medicine may provide evidence nearly consistent with the randomized controlled trials: A meta-epidemiological study.Integrative medicine research · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
Funding
Abstract
objectiveTo develop a clinical practice guideline to guide the treatment of low back pain by acupuncture.
methodsAn integrative approach of systematic review of literature, clinical evidence classification, expert opinion surveying, and consensus establishing via a Delphi program was utilized during the developing process. Both evidence-based practice standards and the personalized features of acupuncture were taken into considerations.
resultsBased on clinical evidence and expert opinions, we developed a clinical practice guideline for the treatment of low back pain with acupuncture. These recommendations have a wide coverage spanning from Western Medicine diagnosis and Traditional Chinese Medicine syndrome differentiation, to acupuncture treatment procedures, as well as post treatment care for rehabilitation and follow-ups. The recommendations for acupuncture practice included treatment principles, therapeutic regimens, and operational procedures. The levels of evidence and strength of recommendation were rated for each procedure of practice.
conclusionA clinical practice guideline for acupuncture treating low back pain was developed based on contemporary clinical evidence and experts' consensus to provide best currently agreeable practice guideline for domestic and international stakeholders.
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