Effectiveness of auricular therapy on sleep promotion in the elderly

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 429-449

  Suen, Lorna K P ^a   Wong, Thomas K S ^a   Leung, Albert W N ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Auricular therapy; Elderly; Insomnia; Magnetotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AURICULAR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGHT SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP THERAPY; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WRIST;

HERBACEOUS AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; AGED; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDERS; WRIST;

EID: 0038690609     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X0200051X     Document Type: Article

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