Acupuncture for acute non-specific low back pain: a randomised, controlled, multicentre intervention study in general practice—the Acuback study
dc.contributor.author | Skonnord, Trygve T. | |
dc.contributor.author | Skjeie, Holgeir | |
dc.contributor.author | Brekke, Mette | |
dc.contributor.author | Klovning, Atle | |
dc.contributor.author | Grotle, Margreth | |
dc.contributor.author | Aas, Eline | |
dc.contributor.author | Mdala, Ibrahimu | |
dc.contributor.author | Fetveit, Arne | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-26T08:44:09Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-16T08:15:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-26T08:44:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-16T08:15:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-08-06 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Skonnord TT, Skjeie H, Brekke M, Klovning A, Grotle M, Aas E, Mdala I, Fetveit A. Acupuncture for acute non-specific low back pain: a randomised, controlled, multicentre intervention study in general practice—the Acuback study. BMJ Open. 2020;10(8) | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2044-6055 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2044-6055 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/9053 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a single treatment session of acupuncture, when applied in addition to standard treatment for acute low back pain (ALBP), reduces the time to recovery compared with standard treatment alone. Design: A multicentre, randomised, controlled trial. Setting: Conducted at 11 Norwegian general practitioners’ (GPs’) offices. Participants: 171 adults aged 20–55 years seeking their GP for ALBP (≤14 days) between March 2014 and March 2017. Patients with secondary back pain and previous sick leave and acupuncture treatment was excluded. Interventions: The participants were randomised to either the control group (CG) or the acupuncture group (AG) by online software. The CG received standard treatment according to the Norwegian guidelines, while the AG received one session of Western medical acupuncture treatment in addition to standard treatment. The statistician was blinded to group status. Primary and secondary outcome measures: The primary outcome was median days to recovery. Secondary outcomes were pain intensity, global improvement, back- specific functional status, sick leave, medication and adverse effects. Results: 185 participants were randomised, 95 in the CG and 90 in the AG. 14 participants did not receive the allocated intervention and 4 were excluded from the analysis. Thus, 167 participants were included in the analysis, 86 in the CG and 81 in the AG. The groups were similar according to baseline characteristics. The median time to recovery was 14 days for the CG and 9 days for the AG, HR 1.37 (95% CI 0.95 to 1.96), (p=0.089). No serious adverse effects were reported. Conclusions: We did not find any statistically significant reduction in time- to- recovery after a single session of acupuncture for ALBP compared with standard care. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | This study was funded by Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo. The study received also some funding for logistic expenses by private endowments, the ‘Gidske and Peter Jacob Sørensens fund’ and the ‘Trygve Gythfeldts fund’. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | BMJ Publishing Group | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | BMJ Open;Volume 10, Issue 8 | |
dc.rights | This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY- NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Acupuncture | en |
dc.subject | Low back pains | en |
dc.subject | Intervention studies | en |
dc.subject | Pain treatments | en |
dc.subject | Recovery outcomes | en |
dc.title | Acupuncture for acute non-specific low back pain: a randomised, controlled, multicentre intervention study in general practice—the Acuback study | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2020-08-26T08:44:09Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034157 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1825216 | |
dc.source.journal | BMJ Open |
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