A federally-funded study on the success of acupuncture treatments for older adults with chronic low back pain could be the support the industry needs to gain greater support from the Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again movement. 

A randomized clinical trial study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Friday, with positive results treating seniors suffering from chronic back pain, could soon catch the eye of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others in the federal public health sphere to increase access to the unconventional treatment.