by
Leung PC
From:
Am J Chin Med, 7: 4, 1979 Winter, 372-8
Twenty patients with low back pain were selected for treatment with
acupuncture. Four standard acupuncture loci and a standard regime were
used. The results were analyzed after a follow-up of 12 months.
Initially, 16 patients responded favorably to the treatment while 4 did
not respond at all. The degree of cure was not uniform. Instead they
varied from complete cure in 4 to varying degrees of alleviation of
pain in the rest. Recurrence or acute exacerbation of symptoms occurred
in 13 of the 20 patients. Acupuncture was given to 11 of these patients
and the results of treatment similated the initial course of
acupuncture.