Lumbar Discopathy Patients Cervical Discopathy Patients   Acupuncture Sub-group   NSAID Sub-group Acupuncture Sub-group   NSAID Sub-group Included in the study 20 20 20 20 Exclusions 1 1 1 1 Drop-outs  0 2 0 4 Included in the analysis 19 17 19 15

Table 1: Background data for lumbar and cervical discopathy patients.