Intradermal acupuncture on Shen-Men and Nei-Kuan acupoints improves insomnia in stroke patients by reducing the sympathetic nervous activity: A randomized clinical trial

American Journal of Chinese Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1013-1021

  Lee, Seung Yeop ^a   Baek, Yong Hyeon ^a   Park, Seong Uk ^a   Moon, Sang Kwan ^a   Park, Jung Mi ^a   Kim, Young Suk ^a   Jung, Woo Sang ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood Pressure; Heart Rate Variability; Insomnia; Intradermal Acupuncture; Nei Kuan; Shen Men; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADRENERGIC ACTIVITY; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHENS INSOMNIA SCALE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INSOMNIA SEVERITY INDEX; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; STROKE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 76449107165     PISSN: 0192415X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X09007624     Document Type: Article

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