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Research type: |
Primary Research (e.g. trial) |
Title (lead author) etc: |
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, Prof of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Health Services Research Section, University of Sheffield |
Start Date: |
April 1999 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
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) The National Research Register was a public database of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by, or of interest to, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS). It is now an archive of projects from early 2000 to September 2007. Search the NRR archive. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol not available |
Printed copies of this title despatched: |
141 (Figures relate to the previous calendar month) |
URL of this page: |
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1082 |
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