reduction of chronic non-specific low back pain a randomised controlled clinical trial on acupuncture and baclofen减少慢性非特异性下腰痛针灸和巴氯芬的随机对照临床试验.pdfVIP

Zaringhalam et al. Chinese Medicine 2010, 5:15 /content/5/1/15 R E S E A R C H Open Access Research Reduction of chronic non-specific low back pain: A randomised controlled clinical trial on acupuncture and baclofen Jalal Zaringhalam*, Homa Manaheji, Ali Rastqar and Maryam Zaringhalam Abstract Background: Chronic non-specific low back pain (LBP) is a prevalent (80%) and multi-dimensional illness. This study aims to test whether acupuncture, baclofen, or combined treatment with acupuncture and baclofen alleviates symptoms of non-specific chronic LBP in men. Methods: Eight-four (84) men aged 50-60 years with non-specific chronic LBP were randomly assigned to four groups: the baclofen group received only baclofen (30 mg/day); the acupuncture group received only acupuncture at selected acupoints; the acupuncture + baclofen group received combined treatment with acupuncture and baclofen treatments; and the control group received no pain reduction treatment. After five weeks of treatment, visual analogue scale (VAS) and self-reported pain disability with the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ) were conducted for outcome measures. Results: After treatment, the baclofen, acupuncture and acupuncture + baclofen groups all had lower VAS and RDQ scores. Significantly higher reduction and improvement in VAS and RDQ scores were found in the acupuncture and acupuncture + baclofen groups compared to the baclofen group. Conclusion: The present study indicates that the combined treatment of acupuncture and baclofen is more effective than baclofen treatment alone to reduce pain in patients with non-specific chronic LBP. Trial registration number: ACTRN12609000698279 Background Some studies suggest that the classification of chronic Low ba