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Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Volume 2012, Article ID 521612, 7 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/521612
Research Article

Evaluation of the Effect of Laser Acupuncture and Cupping with Ryodoraku and Visual Analog Scale on Low Back Pain

Mu-Lien Lin,1,2 Hung-Chien Wu,3 Ya-Hui Hsieh,4 Chuan-Tsung Su,5 Yong-Sheng Shih,5 Chii-Wann Lin,1 and Jih-Huah Wu5

1Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Section 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei City 10617, Taiwan
2Department of Pain Management, Taipei City Hospital Zhong Xing Branch, Zheng Zhou Road, No.145, Taipei 103, Taiwan
3Yi Sheng Chinese Medicine Clinic, Room 3, 4 Floor, No. 333, Fuxing N. Road, Songshan District, Taipei City 105, Taiwan
4Department of Healthcare Information and Management, Ming Chuan University, No. 5, Deming Road, Gweishan Township, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
5Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ming Chuan University, No. 5, Deming Road., Gweishan Township, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan

Received 6 April 2012; Revised 6 July 2012; Accepted 9 July 2012

Academic Editor: Di Zhang

Copyright © 2012 Mu-Lien Lin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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