Traditional needle acupuncture treatment for insomnia: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 694-704

  Yeung, Wing Fai ^a   Chung, Ka Fai ^a   Leung, Yau Kwong ^a   Zhang, Shi Ping ^b   Law, Andrew C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electroacupuncture; Insomnia; Sleep disorders; Systematic review; Traditional Chinese Medicine

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; PLACEBO;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SLEEP PATTERN; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; HUMANS; NEEDLES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 67650591066     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2008.08.012     Document Type: Review

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