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Meta-AnalysisBack Pain

Nonsurgical interventions for lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Acupuncture was associated with clinically important short-term improvements in both pain and function compared to place…

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Meta-AnalysisBack Pain

Traditional Chinese medicine therapies for chronic nonspecific low back pain: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.

Traditional Chinese exercises demonstrated the greatest efficacy for pain relief in chronic nonspecific low back pain, w…

Journal of back and muscul…Read More →
Research StudyBack Pain

Ten-year healthcare utilization patterns among patients with type 2 diabetes and degenerative spinal disorders: a nationwide comparative analysis using nationwide sample.

Patients with diabetes and degenerative spine disorders who used acupuncture and Korean medicine had significantly more …

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Randomized Controlled TrialBack Pain

Effect of Acupuncture for Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Study Protocol for a Randomized Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

This study protocol describes a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial using innovative needles that blind both acupunct…

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Meta-AnalysisBack Pain

Comparative effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for depression and anxiety in chronic low back pain: a Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Mind-body exercises demonstrated the strongest effects for reducing pain, depression, and anxiety in chronic low back pa…

Frontiers in public healthRead More →
Meta-AnalysisBack Pain

Tuina for chronic non-specific low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Tuina demonstrated significantly greater pain reduction and functional improvement compared to control interventions in …

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Research StudyBack Pain

Modulation of Brain Activity in Patients with Acute Non-Specific Low Back Pain by Wentong Guan Therapy: A Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Study.

A single session of Wentong Guan Therapy significantly reduced pain and increased pressure pain threshold in acute low b…

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Randomized Controlled TrialBack Pain

Tuina and Baduanjin for chronic nonspecific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial and clinical considerations.

Combined Tuina and Baduanjin therapy demonstrated significantly superior outcomes in pain relief, lumbar function, and q…

Postgraduate medical journ…Read More →
Randomized Controlled TrialBack Pain

[Warming acupuncture combined with Duhuo Jisheng decoction for lumbar disc herniation of qi stagnation and blood stasis accompanied with liver-kidney deficiency: a randomized controlled trial].

Warming acupuncture combined with Duhuo Jisheng decoction achieved a 92% effectiveness rate compared to 76% with herbal …

Zhongguo zhen jiu = Chines…Read More →
Research StudyBack Pain

Clinical Efficacy and Safety of Arthroscopic-Assisted Uniportal Spinal Surgery Versus Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Decompression in Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: A Retrospective Study.

AUSS demonstrated significantly shorter total operative time, dramatically reduced radiation exposure, and superior earl…

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Research StudyBack Pain

BACK-on-LINE™: A Digital Pain Phenotyping Tool to Personalise Early Self-Management of Low Back Pain: Reliability and Validity in Working Adults.

BACK-on-LINE demonstrated strong reliability (ICC=0.88) and validity in differentiating nociceptive from nociplastic low…

European journal of pain (…Read More →
Research StudyBack Pain

Efficacy and Mechanisms of Duhuo Jisheng Decoction in Treating Intervertebral Disc Degeneration: A Network Pharmacology and Experimental Study.

Duhuo Jisheng decoction protected nucleus pulposus cells and delayed intervertebral disc degeneration by suppressing NLR…

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