What Is the Appropriate Acupuncture Treatment Schedule for Chronic Pain? Review and Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

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Relationship between acupuncture schedule related factors and pain relief rate. (a) The relationship between frequency and real treatment pain relief rate: frequency<2, including 3 sessions/4 weeks, 1 session/week, 4 sessions/3 weeks, 10 sessions/7 weeks, and 3 sessions/2 weeks; frequency=2, including 2 sessions/week; frequency>2, including 5 sessions/2 weeks, 3 sessions/week, and 4 sessions/week. (b) The relationship between DOSE and real treatment pain relief rate: DOSE was divided by cumulative stimulus time. (c) The relationship between follow-up weeks and real follow-up pain relief rate: follow-up weeks were divided by the length of weeks.

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