Effects of exercise training and exercise plus acupuncture on chronic insomnia: a feasibility study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of exercise and exercise plus acupuncture on chronic insomnia.

Material and methods

suggest replacing with "effects of" no feasibility things are reported chronic insomnia were randomized to a 12-week treatment with exercise or exercise plus acupuncture. Exercise treatment included 50 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic exercise (50% of reserve heart rate), on a treadmill, 3 times/wk. Exercise plus acupuncture treatment included the exercise protocol plus acupuncture once per week. Pre- and post-treatments measures included insomnia severity index (ISI), Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI), polysomnography (PSG), 10 days-sleep diary, state-trait anxiety inventory, Beck depression inventory, quality of life (S

SUBMITTER: Ferreira WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9496486 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature