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.

(a)

	Control		Acupuncture		P value
		%		%
Gender	14		45		0.942
Female	7	50.0	23	51.1
Male	7	50.0	22	48.9

value by Chi-square test.

(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

value by Mann-Whitney test.
: Percentile 25.
: Percentile 75.
BMI, body mass index; SYS, systolic pressure; DIA, diastolic pressure; HR, heart rate.