Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome

Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome

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 randomiz...

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Main Authors: Pan, Weidong, Wang, Mingzhe, Li, Mao, Wang, Qiudong, Kwak, Shin, Jiang, Wenfei, Yamamoto, Yoshiharu
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339862/
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spelling pubmed-43398622015-03-11 Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome Pan, Weidong Wang, Mingzhe Li, Mao Wang, Qiudong Kwak, Shin Jiang, Wenfei Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Research Article 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. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4339862/ /pubmed/25763089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/343201 Text en Copyright © 2015 Weidong Pan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Pan, Weidong
Wang, Mingzhe
Li, Mao
Wang, Qiudong
Kwak, Shin
Jiang, Wenfei
Yamamoto, Yoshiharu
spellingShingle Pan, Weidong
Wang, Mingzhe
Li, Mao
Wang, Qiudong
Kwak, Shin
Jiang, Wenfei
Yamamoto, Yoshiharu
Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome
author_facet Pan, Weidong
Wang, Mingzhe
Li, Mao
Wang, Qiudong
Kwak, Shin
Jiang, Wenfei
Yamamoto, Yoshiharu
author_sort Pan, Weidong
title Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome
title_short Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome
title_full Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome
title_fullStr Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Actigraph Evaluation of Acupuncture for Treating Restless Legs Syndrome
title_sort actigraph evaluation of acupuncture for treating restless legs syndrome
description 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.
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2015
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4339862/
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