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Auricular acupuncture as a treatment for pregnant women who have low back and posterior pelvic pain: a pilot study

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, San Francisco, CA, Oct. 13-17, 2007.

Shu-Ming Wang, MD
- Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- Reprints: Shu-Ming Wang, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, PO Box 208051, 333 Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06520-8051
Peggy DeZinno, RN, BSN
- Women's Education and Life Learning Center, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
Eric C. Lin, BS
- Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Haiqun Lin, MD, PhD
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
James J. Yue, MD
- Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Michael R. Berman, MD
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Ferne Braveman, MD
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
- Department of Anesthesiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Zeev N. Kain, MD, MBA
- Departments of Anesthesiology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Human Behavior, University of California School of Medicine, Irvine, CA

Received 19 November 2008 ,Revised 6 March 2009 ,Accepted 16 April 2009.

The press needle-semipermanent needles
Wang. Auricular acupuncture treatment for women with PRLP. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009.

The press needle-semipermanent needles
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The locations of auricular acupuncture points
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The locations of auricular acupuncture points
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Trial flowchart
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Trial flowchart
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The level of pain at baseline and day 7
VAS, visual analog scale.
Wang. Auricular acupuncture treatment for women with PRLP. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009.

The level of pain at baseline and day 7
VAS, visual analog scale.
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The functional status at baseline and day 7
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The functional status at baseline and day 7
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The therapeutic effect of 1-week intervention
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The therapeutic effect of 1-week intervention
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Cite this article as: Wang S-M, DeZinno P, Lin EC, et al. Auricular acupuncture as a treatment for pregnant women who have low back and posterior pelvic pain: a pilot study. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:271.e1-9.

This study was supported by National Center for the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Grant R21 AT001613-03.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00424-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.04.028

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