Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome

Figure 3

Quantitative changes in actigraph recordings and clinical evaluation scores. (a) shows the changes in sleep time mean activity scores, (b) the changes in early sleep time mean activity scores, (c) the changes in IRLSRS scores, and (d) the changes in EES scores every 2 weeks after 12 weeks of treatment by standard or randomized acupuncture. Solid circles indicate standard acupuncture treatment and hollow circles randomized acupuncture treatment; and indicate the changes in standard treatment compared with baseline, while indicates the changes in standard treatment compared with randomized treatment. IRLSRS: International Restless Legs Syndrome Rating Scale; ESS: Epworth Sleepiness Scale.

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