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Temporal summation does not predict the acupuncture response in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain.
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Baeumler P, Schäfer M, Möhring L, Irnich DAbstract
Previously, we had observed that immediate pain reduction after one acupuncture treatment was associated with high temporal summation of pain (TS) at a pain free control site and younger age in a mixed population of chronic pain patients. The aim of the present study was to verify these results in chronic non-specific low back pain (LBP) and to collect pilot data on the association between TS and the response to an acupuncture series.