Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain

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Low Back Pain

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A systematic review of psychological factors as predictors of chronicity/disability in prospective cohorts of low back pain

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Chronic back pain is associated with decreased prefrontal and thalamic gray matter density

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Acupuncture: neuropeptide release produced by electrical stimulation of different frequencies

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Nonpharmacologic therapies for acute and chronic low back pain: a review of the evidence for an American Pain Society/American College of Physicians clinical practice guideline

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Back Pain Prevalence and Visit Rates

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Physician Office Visits for Low Back Pain

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Estimates and Patterns of Direct Health Care Expenditures Among Individuals With Back Pain in the United States

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Evidence of augmented central pain processing in idiopathic chronic low back pain

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Adenosine A1 receptors mediate local anti-nociceptive effects of acupuncture

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Chronic pain and the emotional brain: specific brain activity associated with spontaneous fluctuations of intensity of chronic back pain

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German Acupuncture Trials (Gerac) For Chronic Low Back Pain Randomized, Multicenter, Blinded, Parallel-Group Trial With 3 Groups

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Diagnostic Evaluation of Low Back Pain with Emphasis on Imaging

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Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion

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The impact of patient expectations on outcomes in four randomized controlled trials of acupuncture in patients with chronic pain

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Safety of Acupuncture: Results of a Prospective Observational Study with 229,230 Patients and Introduction of a Medical Information and Consent Form

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Characteristic and incidental (placebo) effects in complex interventions such as acupuncture

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Mechanical signaling through connective tissue: a mechanism for the therapeutic effect of acupuncture

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Reorganization of the motor cortex is associated with postural control deficits in recurrent low back pain

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A Randomized Trial Comparing Acupuncture, Simulated Acupuncture, and Usual Care for Chronic Low Back Pain

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The York acupuncture safety study: prospective survey of 34 000 treatments by traditional acupuncturists

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Adverse events following acupuncture: prospective survey of 32 000 consultations with doctors and physiotherapists

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Expectancy and belief modulate the neuronal substrates of pain treated by acupuncture

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Affective components and intensity of pain correlate with structural differences in gray matter in chronic back pain patients

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Discographic, MRI and psychosocial determinants of low back pain disability and remission: a prospective study in subjects with benign persistent back pain

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Synthesis of recommendations for the assessment and management of low back pain from recent clinical practice guidelines

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Prospective Investigation of Adverse Effects of Acupuncture in 97 733 Patients

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Pragmatic Randomized Trial Evaluating the Clinical and Economic Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain

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Evidence of Connective Tissue Involvement in Acupuncture

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Three-Year Incidence of Low Back Pain in an Initially Asymptomatic Cohort

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The Longitudinal Assessment of Imaging and Disability of the Back (LAIDBack) Study

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Traditional Chinese acupuncture and placebo (sham) acupuncture are differentiated by their effects on μ-opioid receptors (MORs)

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Acupuncture in Patients With Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

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Acupuncture Analgesia: I. The Scientific Basis

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A brief history of acupuncture

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Neuroimaging Acupuncture Effects in the Human Brain

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Randomised controlled trial of a short course of traditional acupuncture compared with usual care for persistent non-specific low back pain

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After an Episode of Acute Low Back Pain, Recurrence Is Unpredictable and Not as Common as Previously Thought

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Ultrasound evidence of altered lumbar connective tissue structure in human subjects with chronic low back pain

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Characteristics of licensed acupuncturists, chiropractors, massage therapists, and naturopathic physicians.

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Effects of acupuncture on skin and muscle blood flow in healthy subjects

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Effectiveness of Acupuncture for Low Back Pain

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Chronic Pain Is Associated with Brain Volume Loss in Older Adults: Preliminary Evidence

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Expectancy and treatment interactions: A dissociation between acupuncture analgesia and expectancy evoked placebo analgesia

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A systematic review on the effectiveness of complementary and alternative medicine for chronic non-specific low-back pain

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Somatosensory cortical plasticity in carpal tunnel syndrome treated by acupuncture

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Spinal muscle evaluation in healthy individuals and low-back-pain patients: a literature review

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Adjustment to chronic low back pain—the relative influence of fear-avoidance beliefs, catastrophizing, and appraisals of control

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Augmented Cerebral Activation by Lumbar Mechanical Stimulus in Chronic Low Back Pain Patients

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Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of low-back pain and related disability with psychological distress among patients enrolled in the UCLA Low-Back Pain Study

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Scientific Research into Acupuncture for the Relief of Pain

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Neuroimaging Revolutionizes Therapeutic Approaches to Chronic Pain

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Low back pain

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Acupuncture for pelvic and back pain in pregnancy: a systematic review

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Adverse effects of acupuncture. Which are clinically significant?

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Meta-Analysis of thirty-four independent samples studied using PET reveals a significantly attenuated central response to noxious stimulation in clinical pain patients

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Electroacupuncture activates corticotrophin-releasing hormone-containing neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalammus to alleviate edema in a rat model of inflammation

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Evidence-informed management of chronic low back pain with needle acupuncture

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Psychological distress confirmed as predictor of long-term back-related functional limitations in primary care settings

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Acupuncture: What Underlies Needle Administration?

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Developing methods for acupuncture research: rationale for and design of a pilot study evaluating the efficacy of acupuncture for chronic low back pain.

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Acupuncture for Lower Back Pain

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Letters

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RELIEVING PAIN IN AMERICA: A BLUEPRINT FOR TRANSFORMING PREVENTION, CARE, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH

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Guidelines for Recognition, Assessment and Treatment of Pain

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Inserting Needles Into the Body: A Meta-Analysis of Brain Activity Associated With Acupuncture Needle Stimulation

Chae, Y., Chang, D.-S., Lee, S.-H., Jung, W.-M., Lee, I., Jackson, S. R., Kong, J., Lee, H., Park, H., Lee, H., et al. (2013) · Journal of Pain · doi:10.1016/j.jpain.2012.11.011 · Cited by 200 · see citing works

Publication Trends in Acupuncture Research: A 20-Year Bibliometric Analysis Based on PubMed

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Acupuncture for chronic nonspecific low back pain

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Nonnarcotic Methods of Pain Management

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Revealing the Immune Infiltration Landscape and Identifying Diagnostic Biomarkers for Lumbar Disc Herniation

Wang, L., He, T., Liu, J., Tai, J., Wang, B., Zhang, L., & Quan, Z. (2021) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2021.666355 · Cited by 124 · see citing works

Applications of Acupuncture Therapy in Modulating Plasticity of Central Nervous System

Xiao, L., Wang, X., Yang, Y., Yang, J., Cao, Y., Ma, S., Li, T., & Liu, C. (2017) · Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface · doi:10.1111/ner.12724 · Cited by 118 · see citing works

Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain

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Endometriosis, an Ongoing Pain—Step-by-Step Treatment

Mechsner, S. (2022) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm11020467 · Cited by 103 · see citing works

Bibliometric Analysis of Research Assessing the Use of Acupuncture for Pain Treatment Over the Past 20 Years

Lee, I., Lee, H., Chen, Y., & Chae, Y. (2020) · Journal of Pain Research · doi:10.2147/jpr.s235047 · Cited by 98 · see citing works

Implementation of the Veterans Health Administration National Pain Management Strategy

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The effectiveness of acupuncture in treating chronic non-specific low back pain: a systematic review of the literature

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Acupuncture-Induced Analgesia

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The model of western integrative medicine: The role of Chinese medicine

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Revealing the magic of acupuncture based on biological mechanisms: A literature review

Zhang, B., Shi, H., Cao, S., Xie, L., Ren, P., Wang, J., & Shi, B. (2022) · BioScience Trends · doi:10.5582/bst.2022.01039 · Cited by 93 · see citing works

Acupuncture Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain Reverses An Abnormal Brain Default Mode Network in Correlation with Clinical Pain Relief

Li, J., Zhang, J., Yi, T., Tang, W.-J., Wang, S., & Dong, J. (2013) · Acupuncture in Medicine · doi:10.1136/acupmed-2013-010423 · Cited by 91 · see citing works

Reduced tactile acuity in chronic low back pain is linked with structural neuroplasticity in primary somatosensory cortex and is modulated by acupuncture therapy

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Simulated-Physiological Loading Conditions Preserve Biological and Mechanical Properties of Caprine Lumbar Intervertebral Discs in Ex Vivo Culture

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Self-management and psychological-sexological interventions in patients with endometriosis: strategies, outcomes, and integration into clinical care

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A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study adding high dose vitamin D to analgesic regimens in patients with musculoskeletal pain

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Electro-acupuncture at LI11 and ST36 acupoints exerts neuroprotective effects via reactive astrocyte proliferation after ischemia and reperfusion injury in rats

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The treatment of intervertebral disc degeneration using Traditional Chinese Medicine

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Acupuncture for the Treatment of Dry Eye: A Multicenter Randomised Controlled Trial with Active Comparison Intervention (Artificial Teardrops)

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Relieving Pain in America

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