Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) – A common but less known cause of back pain
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Acupuncture for back pain in a patient with Forestier's disease (diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis/DISH).
Acupuncture was used to treat a 54-year-old man with low back pain and Forestier's disease. His symptoms were markedly improved with acupuncture where other treatments in the form of analgesics, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories, physiotherapy and hydrotherapy had proved ineffective. There would appear to be no cases reported in the literature where medical acupuncture has been used to treat ba...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0976-5662
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2016.11.006