TY - JOUR
A2 - Litscher, Gerhard
AU - Pan, Weidong
AU - Wang, Mingzhe
AU - Li, Mao
AU - Wang, Qiudong
AU - Kwak, Shin
AU - Jiang, Wenfei
AU - Yamamoto, Yoshiharu
PY - 2015
DA - 2015/02/11
TI - Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome
SP - 343201
VL - 2015
AB - We evaluated the effects of acupuncture in patients with restless legs syndrome (RLS) by actigraph recordings. Among the 38 patients with RLS enrolled, 31 (M=12, F=19; mean age, 47.2±9.7 years old) completed the study. Patients were treated with either standard acupuncture n=15 or randomized acupuncture n=16 in a single-blind manner for 6 weeks. Changes in nocturnal activity (NA) and early sleep activity (ESA) between week 0 (baseline), week 2, week 4, and week 6 were assessed using leg actigraph recordings, the International Restless Legs Syndrome Rating Scale (IRLSRS), and Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). Standard but not randomized acupuncture reduced the abnormal leg activity of NA and ESA significantly in week 2, week 4, and week 6 based on the changes in the clinical scores for IRLSRS and ESS in week 4 and week 6 compared with the baseline. No side effects were observed. The results indicate that standard acupuncture might improve the abnormal leg activity in RLS patients and thus is a potentially suitable integrative treatment for long-term use.
SN - 1741-427X
UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/343201
DO - 10.1155/2015/343201
JF - Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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