Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain

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Acupuncture and dry-needling for low back pain
This version first published online: 24 January 2005 in Issue 1, 2005
AD Furlan, MW van Tulder, DC Cherkin, H Tsukayama, L Lao, BW Koes, BM Berman
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Abstract

Background
Although low-back pain is usually a self-limiting and benign disease that tends to improve spontaneously over time, a large variety of therapeutic interventions are available for its treatment.

Objectives
To assess the effects of acupuncture for the treatment of non-specific low-back pain and dry-needling for myofascial pain syndrome in the low-back region.

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