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Research type: |
Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
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Longer term clinical and economic benefits of offering acupuncture care to patients with chronic low back pain (Thomas) 126 pages, Volume 9, number 32 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta9320 |
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Headline: |
Study found that acupuncture care was significantly more effective than usual care in reducing bodily pain associated with persistent non-specific low back pain at a 24-month follow-up and is likely to be considered cost-effective by commissioners. |
Project ref: |
96/40/07 |
Original project title: |
Longer term clinical and economic benefits of offering acupuncture to patients with chronic low back pain |
Chief Investigator: |
Professor Kate Thomas, Professor of Complementary & Alternative Medicine, School of Health Care, University of Leeds |
Start Date: |
April 1999. |
Publication date: |
August 2005 |
Cost: |
£221,129 |
MeSH* index primary terms: |
ACUPUNCTURE-THERAPY Q-economics; LOW-BACK-PAIN Q-therapy; LOW-BACK-PAIN Q-economics (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
MeSH* index secondary terms: |
HUMAN; CHRONIC-DISEASE; RANDOMIZED-CONTROLLED-TRIAL; CLINICAL-TRIAL (* = Medical Subject Headings) |
ISRCTN* number: | ISRCTN 80764175 (*International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial Number) URL of this project on the Controlled Trials Website: http://www.controlled-trials.com/ISRCTN80764175 |
NRR* number, if applicable: |
N0484035666 (*National Research Register) |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
141 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
Downloads/Views of electronic version from website: |
31861 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 15th October 2008. |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1082 |
Outputs from this project
- Thomas, KJ; Fitter, M; Brazier, J; Macpherson, H; Campbell, M; Nicholl, JP; Roman, M. Longer term clinical and economic benefits of offering acupunture to patients with chronic low back pain assessed as suitable for primary care mangement. Complementary Therapies in Medicine Vol: 7, Pages: 91-100.
- Thomas, KJ; MacPherson, H; Thorpe, L; Brazier, J; Fitter, M; Campbell, MJ; Roman, M; Walters, SJ; Nicholl, J. Randomised controlled trial of a short course of traditional acupuncture compared with usual care for persistant non-specific low back pain. BMJ. 2006; 333(7569): p. 623.
- Ratcliffe, J; Thomas, KJ; MacPherson, H; Brazier, J. A randomised controlled trial of acupuncture care for persistant low back pain: cost effective analysis. BMJ. 2006; 333(7569): p. 626.
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