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Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in Emergency Department: A Pilot Cohort Study
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 th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4539465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26346626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/179731 |
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author | Liu, Yen-Ting Chiu, Chih-Wen Chang, Chin-Fu Lee, Tsung-Chieh Chen, Chia-Yun Chang, Shun-Chang Lee, Chia-Ying Lo, Lun-Chien |
author_facet | Liu, Yen-Ting Chiu, Chih-Wen Chang, Chin-Fu Lee, Tsung-Chieh Chen, Chia-Yun Chang, Shun-Chang Lee, Chia-Ying Lo, Lun-Chien |
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description | 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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spelling | pubmed-45394652015-09-06 Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in Emergency Department: A Pilot Cohort Study Liu, Yen-Ting Chiu, Chih-Wen Chang, Chin-Fu Lee, Tsung-Chieh Chen, Chia-Yun Chang, Shun-Chang Lee, Chia-Ying Lo, Lun-Chien Evid Based Complement Alternat Med Research Article 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4539465/ /pubmed/26346626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/179731 Text en Copyright © 2015 Yen-Ting Liu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Liu, Yen-Ting Chiu, Chih-Wen Chang, Chin-Fu Lee, Tsung-Chieh Chen, Chia-Yun Chang, Shun-Chang Lee, Chia-Ying Lo, Lun-Chien Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in Emergency Department: A Pilot Cohort Study |
title | Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in Emergency Department: A Pilot Cohort Study |
title_full | Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in Emergency Department: A Pilot Cohort Study |
title_fullStr | Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in Emergency Department: A Pilot Cohort Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in Emergency Department: A Pilot Cohort Study |
title_short | Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in Emergency Department: A Pilot Cohort Study |
title_sort | efficacy and safety of acupuncture for acute low back pain in emergency department: a pilot cohort study |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4539465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26346626 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/179731 |
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