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According to new research, people being treated for lower back pain with acupunctur are likely to gain less benefit from the treatment if they have low expectations of how effective it is.

The study, published in The Journal of Clinical Pain, also suggests that patients who are positive about their back pain and feel in control of their symptoms go on to experience less back-related disability while receiving acupuncture.

"The analysis showed that psychological factors were consistently associated with back-related disability," says study author Dr. Felicity Bishop. "People who started out with very low expectations of acupuncture - who thought it probably would not help them - were more likely to report less benefit as treatment went on."

Read the full report here.