Relieving pre-exam anxiety syndrome with wrist-ankle acupuncture: a randomized controlled trial

Pre-exam anxiety syndrome is a common condition occurring in pre-exam students and directly affects their examination performance and physical state. Wrist-ankle acupuncture has significant therapeutic effects in treating mental disorders and may also relieve the symptoms of pre-exam anxiety syndrom...

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Published inZhong xi yi jie he xue bao Vol. 9; no. 6; p. 605
Main Authors Shu, Shi, Li, Tong-ming, Fang, Fan-fu, He, Hou-luo, Zhou, Qing-hui, Gu, Wei, Zhou, Shuang
Format Journal Article
LanguageChinese
Published China 01.06.2011
Subjects
Acupuncture Therapy - methods
Ankle
Anxiety - therapy
College Admission Test
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Male
Syndrome
Test Anxiety Scale
Wrist
Young Adult
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Summary:Pre-exam anxiety syndrome is a common condition occurring in pre-exam students and directly affects their examination performance and physical state. Wrist-ankle acupuncture has significant therapeutic effects in treating mental disorders and may also relieve the symptoms of pre-exam anxiety syndrome. To assess the therapeutic effect of wrist-ankle acupuncture on pre-exam anxiety syndrome. A total of 60 students who met the inclusion criteria of pre-exam anxiety syndrome were enrolled from a university in Shanghai and they were randomly divided into treatment group and control group. There were 30 cases in each group, and no case failed to follow-up. In the treatment group, wrist-ankle acupuncture was adopted to point upper 1 bilaterally (impression between flexor carpi ulnaris tendon and ulnar margin), and there was no requirement for Deqi (arrival of qi). In the control group, sham acupuncture was adopted. The treatment was applied 3 times totally in both groups one week before the exam, once every other da
ISSN:1672-1977