The Clinical journal of pain
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Acupuncture for chronic low back pain: a randomized placebo-controlled study with long-term follow-up.
The authors sought to determine whether a series of needle acupuncture treatments produced long-term relief of chronic low back pain. ⋯ The authors found a long-term pain-relieving effect of needle acupuncture compared with true placebo in some patients with chronic nociceptive low back pain.