Long-term efficacy of electroacupuncture for chronic neck pain: A randomised controlled trial

Shi Ping ZHANG; T. T. W. Chiu; Sung Nok CHIU

Long-term efficacy of electroacupuncture for chronic neck pain: A randomised controlled trial

Shi Ping ZHANG^*
, T. T. W. Chiu
, Sung Nok CHIU

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Electroacupuncture is a safe treatment for chronic neck pain. Nonetheless, one month after treatment, improvement of neck pain is similar to that in placebo-treated controls. This suggests that the efficacy may not be due to specific effect of the treatment procedure.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	S36-S39
Number of pages	4
Journal	Hong Kong Medical Journal
Volume	19
Issue number	6, Suppl 9
Publication status	Published - Dec 2013

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Long-term efficacy of electroacupuncture for chronic neck pain: A randomised controlled trial

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