Acupuncture for the Management of Low Back Pain

Urits, Ivan; Wang, Jeffrey Kway; Yancey, Kristina; Mousa, Mohammad; Jung, Jai Won; Berger, Amnon A; Shehata, Islam Mohammad; Elhassan, Amir; Kaye, Alan D.; Viswanath, Omar

doi:10.1007/s11916-020-00919-y

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“…The high citation rate of SPINE indicates that CP related to spine is the focus of acupuncture for CP. 69,[73][74][75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87] From the perspective of research areas, electroacupuncture, low back pain, systematic review, randomized controlled trial, meta analysis are the main research focuses, which shows that researchers are very interested in verification of the effectiveness on acupuncture for CP. Trials to prove the effectiveness of acupuncture in the treatment of pain is and will be the focuses of this research field.…”

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Knowledge Mapping of International Research on Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis

Jiao¹,

Ding²,

Jin³

et al. 2022

JPR

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Introduction With the wide acceptance of acupuncture, many papers and guidelines recommend that acupuncture is effective for chronic pain (CP). In this study, we applied bibliometric methods to analyze the current research situation of acupuncture intervention in CP, to gain insight into the current situation and future development trend of this field. Material and Methods Science Citation Index Expanded was searched for publications related to acupuncture for CP between 1900 and 2022. VOSviewer, CiteSpace and Thomson Data Analyzer were used to analyze the annual publication, authors and cited authors and their countries (regions) and institutions, journals and cited journals, cited references, co-occurrence keywords, burst keywords, and the relevant centrality. Results A total of 1968 papers were retrieved, the annual publications have shown a rapid growth trend in the recent 20 years. The USA (708) and the Kyung Hee University (31) were the most productive country and institution, respectively, while the USA (0.37) and University of Maryland (0.13) had the highest centrality. MacPherson, Hugh published the most papers in this field (29), and Vickers, A J were the most influential author (289 times cited). Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine was the most productive journal (92), whereas PAIN was the most influential one (4743 times cited). Breivik, H’s (2006) paper had the most citation count (3025), while Furlan’s (2005) paper had the highest centrality (0.23). The research focuses in this field mainly include pain, electroacupuncture, Low back pain, Systematic review, Randomized controlled trial etc. Researchers are currently paying more attention to the psychological problems caused by CP. Conclusion The research of acupuncture for CP will be further expanded. International cooperation of this research field needs to be further strengthened. More high-quality designed trials need to be conducted.

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Knowledge Mapping of International Research on Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis

Jiao¹,

Ding²,

Jin³

et al. 2022

JPR

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“…Acupuncture has shown favorable effects in the clinical treatment of chronic pain including nonspecific low back or neck pain, shoulder pain, chronic headache/migraine or osteoarthritis. [ 29 , 30 ] Small needle-knife therapy is a technique that combines both acupuncture and microinvasive surgery. Other names include acupotomy, needle scalpel, mini-scalpel acupuncture and mini-needle-knife, and mini-scalpel needle.…”

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Iliopsoas hematoma secondary to small needle scalpel for the treatment of nonspecific low back pain: A case report

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Introduction: Nonspecific low back pain (NSLBP) is one of the most common symptoms which can happen all ages and it accounts for the majority of low back pain (LBP). Current clinical studies have shown that rest, physical therapy, acupuncture (including small needle scalpel) and non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs are effective treatments for NSLBP. However, the safety of small needle scalpel for treatment of NSLBP was reported rarely. Patient concerns: A 63-year-old female patient was referred to the emergency department for right lower back pain, right lower quadrant ache, weakness of flexion right hip joints and worsening pain with walking after the treatment of small needle scalpel, which was performed by a rural doctor; the symptoms had been lasting for 9 hours. Diagnosis: She was diagnosed with traumatic iliopsoas hematoma because she experienced increased back pain after accepting small needle scalpel. Clopidogrel was stopped and the patient did not received a blood transfusion and just monitored Blood routine examination, liver and function, coagulation function after admission. Interventions: She had rest in bed absolutely for 3 days after admission. On the fourth day, she restarted taking Clopidogrel 75 mg every day and has gradually increased time for ambulation. She was discharged home and was ambulating with the help of a walking frame on day 7 and her follow-up abdominal CT scan on day 11 revealed reduced slightly hematoma. She was treated with rest, and showed an gradual recovery in approximately 3 weeks. Outcomes: At day 85, the patient’s LBP symptoms had completely disappeared and the result of liver function, renal function, coagulation function, blood routine was normal. Conclusion: Small needle scalpel is a form of acupuncture. In China, small needle scalpel therapy has been used to treat various kinds of chronic pain. Anticoagulation therapy is a risk for bleeding, and patients who used Clopidogrel prepare to adopting small needle scalpel needs to be very cautious.

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“…The highly heterogeneous results of RCTs and non-randomized interventional studies conducted in recent years have challenged the use of ACE in these patients. [ 11 ] The current study has several strengths. Firstly, the review will synthesize a board range of evidence on patients with CLBP from all the available evidence, which can objectively and systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of ACE for people with a CLBP and thus offer objective evidence for clinicians, patients, and policy-makers on the use of ACE therapy in those patients.…”

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Acupoint catgut embedding for chronic low back pain: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

Zhong

Yin

et al. 2022

Medicine

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Background: The treatment of acupoint catgut embedding (ACE) effective and safe for patients with chronic low back pain (CLBP) is not yet known. This systematic review will objectively and systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of ACE in CLBP according to the existing evidence. Methods: The protocol of this systematic review and meta-analyses has been registered in PROSPERO with the registration number CRD42019142256. The following electronic databases from inception to November 29, 2022 will be searched: PubMed, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), EMBASE, Web of Science, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wan Fang Data and Chinese Science Journal Database. Randomised controlled clinical(RCTs) using ACE to treat CLBP will be included. Outcomes will include pain intensity, instrument with assessment function and disability, quality-of-life, and costs. Adverse events will be reported for safety assessment. By screening the titles, abstracts, and full texts, two independent reviewers will select studies, extract data, and assess study quality. Data synthesis, sensitivity analysis, subgroup analysis and risk of bias assessment will be conducted using RevmanV.5.3 software. The Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation system will be used to assess the quality of the evidence. Results: The efficacy and safety of ACE in the treatment of CLBP has not yet been determined. Conclusion: This systematic review will objectively and systematically evaluate the efficacy and safety of ACE in CLBP according to the existing evidence, which can give high level clinical recommendations to improve patient care and clinical outcomes.

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Acupuncture for the Management of Low Back Pain

Cited by 22 publications

References 43 publications

Knowledge Mapping of International Research on Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis

Knowledge Mapping of International Research on Acupuncture for Chronic Pain: A Bibliometric Analysis

Iliopsoas hematoma secondary to small needle scalpel for the treatment of nonspecific low back pain: A case report

Acupoint catgut embedding for chronic low back pain: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis

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