Research Article
A Randomized Clinical Trial of Auricular Point Acupressure for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Feasibility Study
Table 3
Summary statistics for clinically improvement difference in pain intensity and back-specific disability by treatment groups.
| Outcome measure | Group | Change at completion of 4-week APA |
| Change of 1-month followup | |
≥30% () | <30% () | | ≥30% () |
| Pain intensity | | | | | | | | Worst pain | True | 9 | 1 | 0.0198 | 10 | 0 | 0.0108 | Sham | 3 | 6 | | 4 | 5 | | Average pain | True | 8 | 2 | 0.6285 | 10 | 0 | 0.0108 | Sham | 6 | 3 | | 4 | 5 | | Overall pain intensity | True | 10 | 0 | 0.0325 | 10 | 0 | 0.0108 | Sham | 5 | 4 | | 4 | 5 | | Back-specific disability | | | | | | | | RMDQ | True | 7 | 3 | 0.3698 | 6 | 4 | 0.6563 | Sham | 4 | 5 | | 4 | 5 | |
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: value obtained by Fisher’s exact test.
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