Effectiveness and Safety of Acupotomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Randomized, Assessor-Blinded, Controlled Pilot Study

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:4.15em"/><col style="width:12.04em"/><col style="width:15.66em"/><col style="width:4.27em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left"> </td><td class="align_center">Acupotomy group (n = 25)</td><td class="align_center">Manual acupuncture group (n = 25)</td><td class="align_center">p-value</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">VAS</td><td class="align_center">63.88 ± 16.599</td><td class="align_center">60.60 ± 17.260</td><td class="align_center">.497</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">MMST</td><td class="align_center">4.57 ± 1.774</td><td class="align_center">4.66 ± 1.566</td><td class="align_center">.853</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">ODI</td><td class="align_center">38.40 ± 12.657</td><td class="align_center">32.37 ± 14.190</td><td class="align_center">.120</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">EQ-5D</td><td class="align_center">0.78 ± 0.117</td><td class="align_center">0.72 ± 0.118</td><td class="align_center">.115</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="table-fn"><td><div>M, mean; SD, standard deviation; VAS, Visual Analogue Scale, MMST, Modified-Modified Schober Test; OD, Oswestry Disability Index; EQ-5D questionnaire, EuroQol Five Dimensions questionnaire.<br/></div></td></tr></table>

<div>Baseline VAS, MMST, ODI, and EQ-5D between two groups.</div>

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Table 1: Effectiveness and Safety of Acupotomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation: A Randomized, Assessor-Blinded, Controlled Pilot Study 