Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture with Electric Stimulation and Acupuncture-like Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Lumbago.

Sakai, Tomomi; Tsutani, Kiichiro; Tsukayama, Hiroshi; Nakamura, Tatsuzou; Ikeuchi, Takaharu; Kawamoto, Masazumi; Kasuya, Daichi

doi:10.3777/jjsam.51.175

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“…Some studies compared acupuncture with sham or other treatments. 8 Araki et al 25 and Sakai et al 26 did not find any differences between intervention and sham groups. All these studies had poor methodological quality, leading to inconclusive results.…”

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Acupuncture for Acute Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomised, Controlled, Double-Blind, Placebo Trial

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Acupuncture for Acute Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomised, Controlled, Double-Blind, Placebo Trial

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“…d. Measures of complications: only 14 trials reported any measure of complications or side effects. 21,28,[32][33][34][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]47,48 The results for complications that happened during the treatment period showed that for a total of 245 patients who received acupuncture, there were only 13 minor complications (5%), whereas for 156 patients who received sham therapy, there were no complications (0%). In the group of 205 patients that received other interventions (e.g., TENS, NSAIDs, etc.…”

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Acupuncture and Dry-Needling for Low Back Pain: An Updated Systematic Review Within the Framework of the Cochrane Collaboration

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The data do not allow firm conclusions regarding the effectiveness of acupuncture for acute low back pain. For chronic low back pain, acupuncture is more effective for pain relief and functional improvement than no treatment or sham treatment immediately after treatment and in the short-term only. Acupuncture is not more effective than other conventional and "alternative" treatments. The data suggest that acupuncture and dry-needling may be useful adjuncts to other therapies for chronic low back pain. Because most of the studies were of lower methodologic quality, there is a clear need for higher quality trials in this area.

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“…In our Meta-TENS study [12], a total of 381 studies with 383 distinct populations and 24,532 participants were eligible for inclusion (see our primary report for details [12], including studies awaiting classification [395][396][397][398][399][400][401][402][403][404][405][406][407][408][409][410][411][412][413] and studies excluded at full text screening with reasons ). It was noteworthy that an additional 36 studies were found and met our inclusion criteria between the initial search during July 2019 and the updated search on 17 May 2020.…”

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Characterising the Features of 381 Clinical Studies Evaluating Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Pain Relief: A Secondary Analysis of the Meta-TENS Study to Improve Future Research

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Background and Objectives: Characterising the features of methodologies, clinical attributes and intervention protocols, of studies is valuable to advise directions for research and practice. This article reports the findings of a secondary analysis of the features from studies screened as part of a large systematic review of TENS (the meta-TENS study). Materials and Methods: A descriptive analysis was performed on information associated with methodology, sample populations and intervention protocols from 381 randomised controlled trials (24,532 participants) evaluating TENS delivered at a strong comfortable intensity at the painful site in adults with pain, irrespective of diagnosis. Results: Studies were conducted in 43 countries commonly using parallel group design (n = 334) and one comparator group (n = 231). Mean ± standard deviation (SD) study sample size (64.05 ± 58.29 participants) and TENS group size (27.67 ± 21.90 participants) were small, with only 13 of 381 studies having 100 participants or more in the TENS group. Most TENS interventions were ‘high frequency’ (>10 pps, n = 276) and using 100 Hz (109/353 reports that stated a pulse frequency value). Of 476 comparator groups, 54.2% were active treatments (i.e., analgesic medication(s), exercise, manual therapies and electrophysical agents). Of 202 placebo comparator groups, 155 used a TENS device that did not deliver currents. At least 216 of 383 study groups were able to access other treatments whilst receiving TENS. Only 136 out of 381 reports included a statement about adverse events. Conclusions: Clinical studies on TENS are dominated by small parallel group evaluations of high frequency TENS that are often contaminated by concurrent treatment(s). Study reports tended focus on physiological and clinical implications rather than the veracity of methodology and findings. Previously published criteria for designing and reporting TENS studies were neglected and this should be corrected in future research using insights gleaned from this analysis.

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Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial of Acupuncture with Electric Stimulation and Acupuncture-like Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Lumbago.

Cited by 8 publications

References 2 publications

Acupuncture for Acute Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomised, Controlled, Double-Blind, Placebo Trial

Acupuncture for Acute Non-Specific Low Back Pain: A Randomised, Controlled, Double-Blind, Placebo Trial

Acupuncture and Dry-Needling for Low Back Pain: An Updated Systematic Review Within the Framework of the Cochrane Collaboration

Characterising the Features of 381 Clinical Studies Evaluating Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Pain Relief: A Secondary Analysis of the Meta-TENS Study to Improve Future Research

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