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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, Prof of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, School of Health Care, University of Leeds |
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) |
Downloads/Views of electronic version from website: |
42399 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 27th July 2010. |
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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