Back Pain--Conventional or Acupuncture Alternative Medicine

In trial of 1126 patients aged 18-86 with a "history of chronic low back pain with a mean of 8 years" German orthopedists concluded, "Effectiveness of acupuncture...was almost twice the of conventional therapy."

The "conventional therapy" was a combination of "drugs, physical therapy, and exercise" vs. alternative medicine via acupuncture.

At six months, the response rate for those receiving acupuncture alternative treatment was 47.6% vs. 27.4% for those treated conventionally.

Emphasis added.

From: Archives of Internal Med., vol. 167, 2007. By: Drs. Haake, Muller, Molsberger, et al.; Orthopedic Dept., U. of Regensburg; Inst. Biometry, Medical Psy., and Centre for Clinical Trials, Philips-U Marburg, Germany; Depts. of Pain Mgt., BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil & Med. Informatics, Statistics & Epidem., Ruhr-U Bochum, Ger.; & Centre for Clinical Acupunture & Res., Dusseldorf, Germany.

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