Electroacupuncture for primary insomnia: A randomized controlled trial

Sleep

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1039-1047

  Yeung, Wing Fai ^a   Chung, Ka Fai ^a   Zhang, Shi Ping ^b   Yap, Tuan Gee ^c   Law, Andrew C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Electroacupuncture; Insomnia; Randomized controlled trial; Sleep; Traditional Chinese medicine

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP PATTERN; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 70349107709     PISSN: 01618105     EISSN: 15509109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sleep/32.8.1039     Document Type: Article

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