Acupuncture for treatment of insomnia: A systematic review of randomized Controlled trials

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1171-1186

  Cao, Huijuan ^a   Pan, Xingfang ^a   Li, Hua ^a   Liu, Jianping ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CIWUJIA EXTRACT; CLONAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; ESTAZOLAM; FLUOXETINE; GAMMA ORYZANOL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; QIYE ANSHEN; TRAZODONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VB 1; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA BASE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; EVENING DOSAGE; HERB; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHAM PROCEDURE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70450179474     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0041     Document Type: Article

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