Immediate effect of acupuncture on the sleep pattern of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea
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Title
Immediate effect of acupuncture on the sleep pattern of patients with obstructive sleep apnoea
Author(s)
Freire, A. O. See all items with this value
Sugai, G. C. See all items with this value
Togeiro, S. M. See all items with this value
Mello, L. E. See all items with this value
Tufik, S. See all items with this value
Journal Publication
Acupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society See all items with this value
Date
2010
volume
28(3)
pages
115-119
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Sleep Apnea Syndromes See all items with this value
Sleep Disorders See all items with this value
Acupuncture See all items with this value
Electroacupuncture See all items with this value
TCM Acupuncture Style See all items with this value
Fixed Acupuncture Protocol See all items with this value
Acu Versus > 1 Control See all items with this value
No Treatment Control See all items with this value
CAM Control See all items with this value
Acu Versus Acu See all items with this value
Obstructive Sleep Apnea See all items with this value
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Most patients with obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) do not tolerate treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure, the 'gold standard' treatment for this condition. It was shown in a pilot study that acupuncture was more effective than placebo treatment (sham acupuncture) in producing significant changes in the respiratory events assessed by polysomnography (PSG). OBJECTIVES: To investigate the immediate effect of manual acupuncture (MA) and electroacupuncture (EA) on the sleep pattern of patients presenting with moderate OSA. METHODS: 40 patients with an Apnoea-Hypopnoea Index (AHI) of 15-30/h were randomly allocated to MA treatment (n=10), EA 10 Hz treatment (n=10), EA 2 Hz treatment (n=10) and a no-treatment control group (n=10). The patients received MA or EA (2 or 10 Hz) just before the PSG study at 20:00. RESULTS: The AHI (p=0.005; p=0.005), the Apnoea Index (p=0.038; p=0.009) and the respiratory events (p=0.039; p=0.014) decreased significantly in the MA and EA 10 Hz groups, respectively (AHI (21.9, 11.2), Apnoea Index (5.15, 0.7), respiratory events (120.5, 61.0) in the MA group before and after. AHI (20.6, 9.9), Apnoea Index (8.2, 0.3), respiratory events (117.0, 56.0) in the EA 10 Hz group before and after). The micro-arousals decreased only in the MA group (146.0 vs 88.5, p=0.0002). There were no significant changes in the EA 2 Hz group or in the control group. CONCLUSION: A single session of either MA or EA 10 Hz had an acute effect in reducing the AHI as well as the number of nocturnal respiratory events of patients presenting with moderate OSA.
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Frequency of Treatment
N/A
Time in Treatment
1 Day
has health condition studied
Sleep Disorders
has study population number
40