The Use of Wet Cupping for Persistent Nonspecific Low Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of wet cupping therapy as a single treatment for persistent nonspecific low back pain (PNSLBP).

Design

Randomized controlled trial comparing wet cupping versus no treatment in PNSLBP.

Setting

Outpatient clinic in three secondary care hospitals in Saudi Arabia.

Patients

Eighty eligible participants with PNSLBP for at least 3 months were randomly allocated to an intervention group (n=40) or to a control group (n=40).

Interventions

Six wet cupping sessions within 2 weeks, each of which were done at two bladder meridian (BL) acupuncture points among BL23, BL24, and BL25. Only acetaminophen was allowed as a rescue treatment in both groups.

Outcome measures

The Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), McGill Presen

SUBMITTER: AlBedah A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4522952 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature