Research Article
Efficacy and Safety of Acupuncture for Acute Low Back Pain in Emergency Department: A Pilot Cohort Study
Table 1
(a) Distribution of participants’ gender. (b) Baseline of participant characteristics.
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| | Control | Acupuncture | P value | | | % | | % |
| Gender | 14 | | 45 | | 0.942 | Female | 7 | 50.0 | 23 | 51.1 | | Male | 7 | 50.0 | 22 | 48.9 |
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value by Chi-square test.
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(b) |
| | Control () | Acupuncture () | value | | Median | | | Median | | |
| Age | 65 | 52 | 79 | 56 | 46 | 75 | 0.423 | BMI | 26 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 27 | 0.454 | SYS | 134 | 119 | 137 | 122 | 117 | 138 | 0.741 | DIA | 76 | 73 | 78 | 74 | 71 | 79 | 0.533 | HR | 81 | 77 | 91 | 75 | 67 | 88 | 0.303 | Oswestry | | | | | | | | () Pain intensity | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0.861 | () Personal care | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0.930 | () Lifting | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.024 | () Walking | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.767 | () Sitting | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.745 | () Standing | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0.099 | () Sleeping | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.648 | () Sex life | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0.448 | () Social life | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0.205 | () Traveling | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 0.853 |
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value by Mann-Whitney test. : Percentile 25. : Percentile 75. BMI, body mass index; SYS, systolic pressure; DIA, diastolic pressure; HR, heart rate.
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