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ArticleJournal of general and family medicine2024

Significance of acupuncture treatment for medical staff with low back pain: A case report.

Takuya Masuda, Kenichiro Egawa, Yu Takeshita, Koitchiro Tanaka

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Article in Journal of general and family medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Takuya MasudaDivision of General Internal Medicine & Rheumatology Mitsui Memorial Hospital Chiyoda-ku Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2955-6757
Kenichiro EgawaDivision of Palliative Care Mitsui Memorial Hospital Chiyoda-ku Japan.
Yu TakeshitaHokushin-Kai; Academic Society of Traditional Japanese Acupuncture and Moxibustion Osaka Japan.
Koitchiro TanakaDepartment of Traditional Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Toho University Ota-ku Japan.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 24-year-old female nurse with a 4-month history of low back pain (LBP) was treated with acupuncture because of difficulty to her working. At the first presentation, the numerical rating scale (NRS) value was 7. After 2 weeks, the NRS value improved to 2-3, and she could bend over better, including when working night shifts. After 4 months, the NRS value remained at 1-2 so her relocating or leaving of absence from the ICU department was avoided. Acupuncture treatment for medical staff with LBP could relieve their pain and improve decreased clinical performance in hospitals or clinics.

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acupuncturelow back painmedical staffnurseoriental medicinepresenteeism

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PMID39554293
PMCPMC11565069

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