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Auricular Point Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Feasibility Study for 1-Week Treatment
Joint Authors
Chien, Lung Chang
Chiang, Yi-Chien
Huang, Li-Chun
Yeh, Chao Hsing
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-06-07
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objectives.
The objective of this one-group, repeated-measures design was to explore the acceptance of auricular point acupressure (APA) to reduce chronic low back pain (CLBP) and estimate minimum clinically important differences (MCIDs) for pain intensity change.
Methods.
Subjects received 7-day APA treatment.
After appropriate acupoints were identified, vaccaria seeds were carefully taped onto each selected auricular point for 7-day.
The Brief Pain Inventory Short Form (BPI) was used to collect outcome data.
Results.
A total of 74 subjects participated in the study.
Ten subjects dropped out and the retention rate was 87%.
Subjects reported a 46% reduction in BPI worst pain, and over 50% reduction in BPI average pain, overall pain severity and pain interference by the end of study, and 62.5% subjects also reported less pain medication use.
The MCIDs for the subscale of BPI ranged from .70 to 1.86 points.
The percentage improvement of MCIDs from baseline was between 14.5–24.9%.
Discussion.
APA appears to be highly acceptable to patients with CLBP.
A sham group is needed in order to differentiate the true effects of APA from the possible psychological effects of more frequent visits by the auricular therapist and patients’ expectation of the APA treatment.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yeh, Chao Hsing& Chien, Lung Chang& Chiang, Yi-Chien& Huang, Li-Chun. 2012. Auricular Point Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Feasibility Study for 1-Week Treatment. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yeh, Chao Hsing…[et al.]. Auricular Point Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Feasibility Study for 1-Week Treatment. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Yeh, Chao Hsing& Chien, Lung Chang& Chiang, Yi-Chien& Huang, Li-Chun. Auricular Point Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Feasibility Study for 1-Week Treatment. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1028284
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1028284