Medical Publications
GoCalm™ provides a safe, effective and natural solution to treating insomnia, anxiety, stress, depression as well as nausea and vomiting caused by motion sickness, pregnancy, anaesthesia and chemotherapy. The science behind these innovative devices is by using ultra-low frequency micro-current pulses to target specific acupressure points in the body. Acupressure has been part of traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years.
Extensive research and studies have proven the positive effects of targeting specific acupressure points to treat various conditions. The following medical publications provide insights into some of these findings.
Insomnia
- Acupressure effect on sleep quality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Self-administered acupressure for insomnia disorder: A randomized controlled trial
- Efficacy of the acupressure wrist-ankle strap in mild insomnia patients with anxiety disorders: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
- Acupressure in insomnia and other sleep disorders in elderly institutionalized patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease
- Effect of auricular acupressure for postpartum insomnia: an uncontrolled clinical trial
- Acupressure therapy for insomnia in adolescents: a polysomnographic study
Anxiety
- Acupressure and anxiety in cancer patients
- Acupressure can reduce preoperative anxiety in adults with elective surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
- Acupressure: a possible therapeutic strategy for anxiety related to COVID-19: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
- Effect of Acupressure on Dental Anxiety in Children: a Pilot Study for a Randomized Clinical Trial
- Effectiveness of acupressure on anxiety of children undergoing anesthesia
- Effects of acupressure at the P6 and LI4 points on the anxiety level of soldiers in the Iranian military
Travel Sickness
- P6 acupressure reduces symptoms of vection-induced motion sickness
- Acupressure relieves the symptoms of motion sickness and reduces abnormal gastric activity
- Pressure prevents nausea
Morning Sickness
- P6 acupressure reduces morning sickness
- Effect of acupressure on nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. A randomized, placebo-controlled, pilot study
- Clinical uses of P6 acupuncture antiemesis
Chemotherapy
- The impact of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting on health-related quality of life
- Acupressure for nausea and vomiting in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
- Acupuncture-point stimulation for chemotherapy-induced nausea or vomiting
- Prolongation of the antiemetic action of P6 acupuncture by acupressure in patients having cancer chemotherapy
Post Operative
- Stimulation of the wrist acupuncture point P6 for preventing postoperative nausea and vomiting
- Traditional Chinese acupuncture: a potentially useful antiemetic?
- Effect of stimulation of the P6 antiemetic point on postoperative nausea and vomiting
- Postoperative nausea is relieved by acupressure
- P6 acupoint injections are as effective as droperidol in controlling early postoperative nausea and vomiting in children