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  • Title: Superficial acupuncture in the relief of chronic low back pain.
    Author: Macdonald AJ, Macrae KD, Master BR, Rubin AP.
    Journal: Ann R Coll Surg Engl; 1983 Jan; 65(1):44-6. PubMed ID: 6218776.
    Abstract:
    A single-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of superficial acupuncture in the treatment of low back pain was carried out by comparing 8 patients treated by acupuncture with 9 patients treated by placebo. In all five measures of efficacy chosen for study the acupuncture group achieved better responses than the placebo group; four of the five inter-group differences were statistically significant. In addition, an overall mean for all five measures combined showed significant superiority of acupuncture over placebo.
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