Effect of acupuncture combined with massage of sole on sleeping quality of the patient with insomnia / 中国针灸
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
;
(12): 411-413, 2008.
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in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-297047
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To assess effect of acupuncture combined with massage of sole on sleeping quality of the patient with insomnia.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Fifty-eight cases of insomnia were randomly divided into an observation group (n = 32) and a control group (n = 26). The observation group were treated with oral administration of Alprazolam, massage of sole, and acupuncture at Zhongwan (CV 12), Guanyuan (CV 4), Qihai (CV 6), etc. on the abdomen as main points; the control group were treated with Alprazolam. Clinical therapeutic effects, and scores for Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS) and Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) were assessed before and after treatment in the two groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The effective rate was 93.75 in the observation group and 88.46% in the control group with no significant difference between the two groups; after treatment, there were significant or very significant differences in scores for various factors in the PSQI, SAS and SDS (P < 0.01, P < 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Abdominal acupuncture as main combined with massage of sole can obviously improve sleeping quality of the patient with insomnia.</p>
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Main subject:
Therapeutics
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Acupuncture Therapy
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Combined Modality Therapy
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Foot
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Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders
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Massage
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Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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