BMJ 2006;332 (25 March), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7543.0
Treat low back pain with acupressure
Acupressure is more effective than standard physical therapy in alleviating low back pain in terms of pain scores, functional status, and disability. Hsieh and colleagues (p 696) randomised 129 patients with chronic low back pain to one month's (six sessions) treatment with acupressure or routine physical therapy. Acupressure produced significantly greater improvement in outcome measures both immediately after treatment and at the six month follow-up.
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