A Comprehensive Investigation and Systematic Assessment of Acupuncture for the Rehabilitation of Recurrent Lower Back Pain
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Assessment of Acupuncture, low back pain, power evaluation, therapyAbstract
A randomized controlled investigation had 100 participants who had chronic low back pain. Fifty patients finished the trial and were followed for three months after getting treatment. The research evaluated the pre-post improvements in pain intensity for both groups by employing paired sample t-test and Logistic regression tests for assessing the outcomes. To evaluate acupuncture's efficacy in managing severe back aches. A group was distributed randomly to patients (n = 100) suffering from persistent back pain through Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation or acupuncture therapy. Patients earned treatment once a week for three weeks. 50 patients in all the trials were finished and were tracked when three months, examination of the data applying t-tests revealed measurable pre-post growth in all scores in both groups. Results from the 3-month follow-up showed that the acupuncture group responded better. It is imperative to conduct a complete analysis of this therapy's efficacy in treating chronic back pain, either using more samples or various control groups.
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