title: Intradermal acupuncture on shen-men and nei-kuan acupoints in patients with insomnia after stroke.
abstract: This is the first study that focuses on the effects of intradermal acupuncture on insomnia after stroke. We enrolled hospitalized stroke patients with insomnia and assigned them into a real intradermal acupuncture group (RA group) or a sham acupuncture group (SA group) by randomization. The RA group received intradermal acupuncture on shen-men (He-7) and nei-kuan (EH-6) for 2 days, and the SA group received sham acupuncture on the same points. The effectiveness was measured by the Morning Questionnaire (MQ), Insomnia Severity Index (ISI), and Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS). These scales were examined by an independent, blinded neurologist before, and 1 and 2 days after treatment, repeatedly. Thirty subjects (15 in the RA group and 15 in the SA group) were included in the final analysis. The RA group showed more improvement on insomnia than the SA group. Repeated measures analysis detected that there were significant between-subjects effects in the MQ, the ISI and the AIS. In conclusion, we suggest that intradermal acupuncture on shen-men and nei-kuan is a useful treatment for post stroke-onset insomnia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Neurologic Diseases (Stroke Center), College of Oriental Medicine, Kyung-Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Suk
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Woo Sang
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Seong Uk
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Sang Kwan
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Chang Nam
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Ki Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Hyung Sup
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Bae
mesh_terms: D026881:Acupuncture / Q000379:methods; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D016896:Treatment Outcome