Curative effect of acupuncture and moxibustion on insomnia: a randomized clinical trial

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 428-432

  Gao, Xiyan ^a   Xu, Cuixiang ^a   Wang, Peiyu ^a   Ren, Shan ^a   Zhou, Yanli ^a   Yang, Xuguang ^a   Gao, Ling ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Randomized clinical trials; Sleep initiation and maintenance disorders; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOXIBUSTION; PITTSBURGH SLEEP QUALITY INDEX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84882992869     PISSN: 02552922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0254-6272(13)60143-0     Document Type: Article

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