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ArticleAmerican journal of translational research2021

Effect of acupuncture on sleep quality and neurological function in stroke patients with sleep apnea syndrome.

Peng Zhang, Lingsu Cheng, Qian Tian, Guang Chen, Chao Chen, Junfeng Xu

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Article in American journal of translational research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Peng ZhangDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin, China.
Lingsu ChengDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin, China.
Qian TianDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin, China.
Guang ChenDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin, China.
Chao ChenDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin, China.
Junfeng XuDepartment of Acupuncture, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, National Clinical Research Center for Chinese Medicine Acupuncture and Moxibustion Tianjin, China.
First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the effect of acupuncture on sleep quality and neurological function in stroke patients with sleep apnea syndrome (SAS).

methodsIn this prospective study, a total of 88 stroke patients with SAS were randomized into two groups: observation group (44 cases; patients received the western medicine treatment combined with acupuncture) and control group (44 cases; patients were given western medicine treatment only). All patients in both groups were treated for three weeks. The clinical efficacy, sleep quality, apnea-hypopnea index (AHI), cognitive function, neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and S100 calcium binding protein β (S100β) levels before and after treatment were compared between patients in the two groups.

resultsCompared with those before treatment, the sleep latency, sleep duration, sleep efficiency and minimal oxygen saturation (SaO

conclusionWestern medicine treatment combined with acupuncture can significantly relieve the clinical symptoms of stroke patients with SAS and improve sleep quality and neurological function. Therefore, it is worthy of clinical application.

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acupunctureneurological functionsleep apnea syndromesleep qualityStroke

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