Observation on Therapeutic Effect of Electro-acupuncture in the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain: A Report of 30 Cases
Fifty-six cases of chronic low back pain were randomly divided into electro-acupuncture group (n=30) and control group (n=26). Patients in electro-acupuncture group were treated with electro-acupuncture plus physical therapy, and patients in control group were treated with single physical therapy. T...
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Published in | Journal of acupuncture and tuina science Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 35 - 36 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Heidelberg
Springer Nature B.V
01.08.2005
Beijing Aikang Hospital, Beijing, 100026, China |
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Summary: | Fifty-six cases of chronic low back pain were randomly divided into electro-acupuncture group (n=30) and control group (n=26). Patients in electro-acupuncture group were treated with electro-acupuncture plus physical therapy, and patients in control group were treated with single physical therapy. The results showed that Electro-acupuncture plus physical therapy could obviously relieve pain, improve the patients' life quality, and its therapeutic effect was superior to that of the single physical therapy. |
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Bibliography: | Back Pain 31-1908/R R246.9 Electroacupuncture Electroacupuncture; Physical Therapy; Back Pain Physical Therapy |
ISSN: | 1672-3597 1993-0399 |
DOI: | 10.1007/BF02845498 |