title: Acupressure therapy for insomnia in adolescents: a polysomnographic study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of acupressure therapy in a sample of adolescents with insomnia using a standard polysomnographic evaluation.
  
  
  METHODS
  For this study, 25 adolescents affected by psychophysiological insomnia (mean age 15.04 ± 1.18 years, 12 boys) were enrolled. A device known as the Sea-Band(®) was used by the patients in order to improve their symptoms related to difficulty in falling asleep. All subjects enrolled underwent two sets of consecutive overnight polysomnographic studies in the Sleep Laboratory of the Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, comprising two studies at baseline (before treatment) and another two studies at the end of 6 months of treatment.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the end of 6 months of treatment, there was a significant increase in all macrostructural parameters of sleep duration, and a reduction in sleep onset latency, wake after sleep onset, and stage 2 sleep. Moreover, the study group showed a significant increase in percent sleep efficiency (P < 0.001) and in slow wave sleep representation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupressure is a noninvasive, safe, and effective method for the management of insomnia in adolescents, with good compliance and no adverse effects.
authors: Sleep Clinic for Developmental Age, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Second University of Naples, Naples.
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Carotenuto
authors: Beatrice
authors: B
authors: Gallai
authors: Lucia
authors: L
authors: Parisi
authors: Michele
authors: M
authors: Roccella
authors: Maria
authors: M
authors: Esposito
keywords: acupressure; adolescence; insomnia; polysomnography
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