Acupuncture and reflexology for insomnia: A feasibility study

Acupuncture in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 163-168

  Hughes, Ciara M ^a   McCullough, Carey A ^a   Bradbury, Ian ^b   Boyde, Carol ^a   Hume, Diane ^a   Yuan, Jiang ^a   Quinn, Fionnuala ^a   McDonough, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b British Reflexology Association   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MASSAGE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MUSIC THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SLEEP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956259049     PISSN: 09645284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/aim.2009.000760     Document Type: Article

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