title: Influence of auricular plaster therapy on sleeping structure in OSAS patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the therapeutic effects of auricular plaster therapy for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and the influence on sleeping structure.
  
  
  METHODS
  45 OSAS patients were randomly divided into a treatment group of 30 cases and a control group of 15 cases for comparison of the changes in parameters of respiration and sleep at night.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The auricular plaster therapy significantly improved the hypoventilation index, respiratory disturbance index and other respiratory parameters as well as the sleeping parameters such as the time and rate of sleep at stage I and II, and the waking time and rate.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Auricular plaster therapy may show good therapeutic effects for OSAS, and with the advantages of low cost and less side effects.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture Department, the Second Hospital Affiliated to Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China.
authors.forename: Xiao-hong
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lan-ying
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: Bao-fa
authors.initials: BF
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ya-dong
authors.initials: YD
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Wen-Sen
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Yu-zhen
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D019050:Acupressure; D015669:Acupuncture Points; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D054644:Ear Auricle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012119:Respiration; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*