Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2020
Efficacy of Electronic Acupuncture Shoes for Chronic Low Back Pain: Double-Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.
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Efficacy of the Electronic Acupuncture Shoes: A Clinical Trial for Chronic Low Back Pain
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of non-pharmacological interventions for low back pain in China: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Acute effects of a single electroacupuncture session on purinergic signaling and inflammatory markers in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain: a pilot study.Purinergic signalling · 2026Article
- Effects of electroacupuncture at Zusanli on pain-perception-related brain nuclei in KOA mice: a study on cortical and subcortical c-fos expression.Behavioral and brain functions : BBF · 2026Article
- Integrating bioinformatics and experimental validation to Investigate IRF1 as a novel biomarker for nucleus pulposus cells necroptosis in intervertebral disc degeneration.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Glucose deprivation-induced disulfidptosis in human nucleus pulposus cells: a novel pathological mechanism of intervertebral disc degeneration.Biology direct · 2024Article
- Exercise Therapy Research in Ankylosing Spondylitis-Induced Back Pain: A Bibliometric Study (2004-2023).Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- Bibliometric Analysis of Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Studies on Manual Therapy Analgesia from 2002-2022.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- Garments and Footwear for Chronic Pain.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Neuropathic Pain Creates Systemic Ultrastructural Changes in the Nervous System Corrected by Electroacupuncture but Not by Pregabalin.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Electroacupuncture and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation Induced Sensations in Bell's Palsy Patients: A Quantitative Current Intensity Analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic low back pain is a common problem and is associated with high costs, including those related to health care and indirect costs due to absence at work or reduced productivity. Previous studies have demonstrated that acupuncture or electroacupuncture can relieve low back pain. Electronic acupuncture shoes (EAS) are a novel device designed in this study. This device combines the properties of acupuncture and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for clinical use.
objectiveThe aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of EAS in patients with chronic low back pain.
methodsIn this prospective double-blinded randomized controlled study, the data of 83 patients who experienced chronic low back pain were analyzed. Patients came to our clinic for 20 visits and underwent assessment and treatment. Patients were randomly allocated to receive either EAS plus placebo nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (EAS group, n=42) or sham EAS plus NSAIDs (NSAID group, n=41). The visual analog scale (VAS) score and range of motion were assessed at baseline, before and after each EAS treatment, and 2 weeks after the last treatment. The time for achieving pain remission was recorded. Quality of life was assessed at the 2nd, 14th, and 20th visits.
resultsAfter 6 weeks of treatment, the treatment success rate in each visit in the EAS group was higher than that in the NSAID group, as revealed by the intention-to-treat (ITT) and per-protocol (PP) analyses, but significant differences were observed only during the 16th visit in the ITT analysis (EAS group: 31/37, 84% and NSAID group: 21/34, 62%; P=.04). The change in the VAS score from baseline in each visit in the EAS group was greater than that in the NSAID group, as revealed by the ITT and PP analyses, and significant differences were observed in the 5th visit and 9th visit in the ITT analysis (P=.048 and P=.048, respectively). Significant differences were observed in the left rotation in the 2nd visit and 4th visit (P=.049 and P=.03, respectively). No significant differences were observed in the VAS score before and after treatment in each visit and in the quality of life in both groups.
conclusionsEAS might serve as a reliable alternative therapeutic tool for patients with chronic low back pain who are contraindicated for oral NSAIDs.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT02468297 https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02468297.
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