Acupuncture for Low Back Pain: An Overview of Systematic Reviews

Table 5

Sensitivity analysis.

Condition	Comparisons	Systematic reviews; =		Systematic reviews; in favor of acupuncture; =
		Pain relief	Functional improvement	Pain relief	Functional improvement
Acute LBP	Sham acupuncture	2	2
Chronic LBP	(1) Sham acupuncture	3	3
	(2) Sham therapy	3	3
	(3) No treatment	5	5
	(4) Plus conventional therapy	3	3

Sensitivity analysis was performed by excluding systematic reviews of low quality in analysis.
LBP: low back pain.