Electroacupuncture treatment of chronic insomniacs

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2869-2873

  Ruan, Jing Wen ^a   Wang, Chu Huai ^a   Liao, Xin Xue ^a   Yan, Ying Shuo ^a   Hu, Yue Hua ^a   Rao, Zhong Dong ^a   Wen, Ming ^a   Zeng, Xiao Xiang ^b   Lai, Xin Sheng ^c  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHUHAI PEOPLE S HOSPITAL ZHUHAI HOSPITAL AFFILIATED WITH JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic insomnia; Electroacupuncture; Safety; Sleep architecture; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MONITORING; REM SLEEP; SAFETY; SELF CONTROL; SLEEP; SLOW WAVE SLEEP; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THERAPY EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 74549164807     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2009.23.013     Document Type: Article

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