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Table 1 Schedule for data collection and outcome measurement.

From: Motion style acupuncture treatment (MSAT) for acute low back pain with severe disability: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial protocol

Measures

Baseline

30 minutes

2 week

4 week

24 week

Sociodemographic characteristics

    

History of low back pain

    

X-ray

    

Lumbar MRI

    

NRS for back pain

NRS for leg pain

ODI for functional status

PGIC for global improvement

 

  

ROM of lumbar spine

   

Degrees of SLR

   

Adverse events

 

  1. Abbreviations: MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; NRS, numerical rating scale; ODI, Oswestry disability index; PGIC, patient global impression of change; ROM, range of motion; SLR, straight leg raising