Effects of motion style acupuncture treatment in acute low back pain patients with severe disability: A multicenter, randomized, controlled, comparative effectiveness trial
Shin JS
PAIN:  Volume 154, Issue 7 , Pages 1030-1037, July 2013

In a multicenter, randomized, comparative effectiveness trial involving 58 patients with acute low back pain and severe functional disability, in which half the patients received motion style acupuncture (a method in which the patient’s body is moved passively or actively while acupuncture needles are retained) and half received an injection of diclofenac, subjects in the acupuncture group experienced a 3.12 point greater reduction in pain as according to a 10-point numerical rating scale of LBP and a 32.95% greater reduction in Oswestry Disability Index score, as compared to the injection. The authors conclude, “These results suggest that MSAT has positive effects on immediate pain relief and the functional recovery of aLBP patients with severe disability.”

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