Hainan Yu, Dan Wang, Leslie Verville, Danielle Southerst, André Bussières, Douglas P Gross, Paulo Pereira, Silvano Mior, Andrea C Tricco, Christine Cedraschi, Ginny Brunton, Margareta Nordin, Heather M Shearer, Jessica J Wong, Gaelan Connell, Danny Myrtos, Sophia da Silva-Oolup, James J Young, Martha Funabashi, Andrew Romanelli, Joyce G B Lee, Kent Stuber, Brett Guist, Javier Muñoz Laguna, Léonie Hofstetter, Kent Murnaghan, Cesar A Hincapié, Carol Cancelliere
PURPOSE: Evaluate benefits and harms of needling therapies (NT) for chronic primary low back pain (CPLBP) in adults to inform a World Health Organization (WHO) standard clinical guideline. METHODS: Electronic databases were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing NT compared with placebo/sham, usual care, or no intervention (comparing interventions where the attributable effect could be isolated). We conducted meta-analyses where indicated and graded the certainty of evidence...
November 22, 2023: Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation