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Current treatments often provide inconsistent relief. Dry cupping has shown potential for improving pain and function, but high-quality evidence supporting its efficacy in NSLBP remains limited.\n                    <jats:bold>Objective:<\/jats:bold>\n                    This study assessed the short-term effects of dry cupping on pain and function in individuals with NSLBP.\n                    <jats:bold>Methods:<\/jats:bold>\n                    A single-blind randomized clinical trial enrolled 52 adults (31 females, 21 males, aged 18\u201355 years) with clinician-confirmed NSLBP (otherwise healthy; no specific spinal pathology, leg symptoms, pregnancy, cancer, prior lower-body surgery, or bleeding disorders). Participants were recruited from a university, local clinics, and advertisements and allocated to an intervention or placebo group. Treatment consisted of three sessions, 48\u2005h apart. Primary outcomes were pain (pressure pain threshold [PPT] using algometry and Numeric Pain Rating Scale [NPRS]); secondary outcomes were function (Sit-and-Reach, inclinometry, Roland-Morris Questionnaire, and Patient Global Impression of Change Scale [PGICS]). Data were analyzed using mixed factorial ANOVAs.\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Compared with placebo, dry cupping produced greater improvements in PPT (between-group difference 7.9 N, 95% CI 3.54\u201312.29;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001, \u03b7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    =.604), NPRS (2.42 points, 95% CI 1.69\u20133.15;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001, \u03b7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    =.660), Sit-and-Reach (5.5\u2005cm, 95% CI 0.28\u201310.88;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001, \u03b7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    =.372), inclinometry (7.1\u00b0, 95% CI 2.47\u201311.69;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001, \u03b7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    =.335), Roland-Morris (1.9 points, 95% CI 0.62\u20133.31;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.002, \u03b7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    =.115), and PGICS (1.70, 95% CI 0.92\u20132.48;\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">p<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009&lt;\u2009.001, \u03b7\n                    <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                    =.158).\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Dry cupping may provide short-term improvements in pain and function and may be a useful adjunct for NSLBP management.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/10538127261487533","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]],"date-time":"2026-09-17T15:31:11Z","timestamp":1789659071000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The short-term effects of dry cupping the lumbar paraspinal muscles on pain and function in individuals with non-specific low back pain: A single-blind randomized trial"],"prefix":"10.1177","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0005-9696-203X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Natasha","family":"Scavarelli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Lakehead University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Carlos","family":"Zerpa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lakehead University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kathryn","family":"Sinden","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lakehead University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5940-3539","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paolo","family":"Sanzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Lakehead University"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_3_3_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(18)30480-X"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S2665-9913(23)00098-X"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_4_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.5694\/mja17.01152"},{"key":"e_1_3_3_5_2","volume-title":"Low back pain: early management of persistent non-specific low back pain","author":"Savigny P","year":"2009","unstructured":"Savigny P, Kuntze S, Watson P, et al. 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