Effect of Acupuncture Cooperated with Low-frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on Chronic Insomnia: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Published in: Current medical science Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 491 - 498
• Main Authors: Zhang, Yang-pu, Liao, Wei-jing, Xia, Wen-guang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wuhan Huazhong University of Science and Technology 01.06.2018; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Wuhan 430015, China%Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China%Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Hubei Provincial Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Wuhan 430015, China; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
• Subjects: Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; acupuncture; low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation; insomnia

Summary The effect of acupuncture cooperated with low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on chronic insomnia was explored. Seventy-eight patients with chronic insomnia were randomly allocated into two groups: treatment group and control group. In the treatment group, the p...