Pulsatile dry cupping in chronic low back pain – a randomized three-armed controlled clinical trial
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Pulsatile dry cupping in chronic low back pain – a randomized three-armed controlled clinical trial
BACKGROUND We aimed to investigate the effectiveness of two different forms of dry pulsatile cupping in patients with chronic low back pain (cLBP) compared to medication on demand only in a three-armed randomized trial. METHODS 110 cLBP patients were randomized to regular pulsatile cupping with 8 treatments plus paracetamol on demand (n = 37), minimal cupping with 8 treatments plus paracetamo...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1472-6882
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-018-2187-8