NCT03171519

Effects of Exercise and Acupuncture on Chronic Insomnia

Effects of Exercise and Acupuncture on Chronic Insomnia: a Randomized Control Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 16 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Goias · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Introduction: Chronic insomnia is a sleep disorder, characterized by difficulty in initiating and/or maintaining sleep, presence of non-restorative sleep, frequent awakenings or difficulty returning to sleep after each awakening, with a frequency of 3 nights/week, for at least 3 months. Pharmacologic therapy is the most commonly method used for its treatment, however, pharmacotherapy is associated with side effects. Thus, non-pharmacological therapies have been suggested as an alternative. Objective: To verify the effects of exercise associated with acupuncture on chronic insomnia. METHODS: 40 patients with chronic insomnia will be randomly assigned into two groups: CONTROL (n = 20) and ACUPUNCTURE (n = 20). The volunteers of the CONTROL group will be submitted to 12 weeks of aerobic exercise, performed on a treadmill, with frequency of 3 times / week and duration of 50 minutes / day. ACUPUNCTURE volunteers will perform aerobic exercise, following the protocol of the CONTROL group, plus acupuncture therapy once a week. The sleep evaluation will be evaluated by polysomnography and questionnaires. Expected Results: A 12-week combined therapy could potentiate the previously described positive effects of exercise in the treatment of chronic insomnia.

Conditions

• Chronic Insomnia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exercise	The EXERCISE group will participate in an aerobic exercise program for 12 weeks, performed in intensity relative to 50% of reserve heart rate, on a treadmill.
BEHAVIORAL	Acupuncture	The ACUPUNCTURE group will participate in an aerobic exercise program following the protocol of the EXERCISE group, plus acupuncture therapy once a week.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-25
• Primary completion: 2018-11-30
• Completion: 2020-05-15
• First posted: 2017-05-31
• Last updated: 2021-03-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil