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Acupuncture for Management of Balance Impairment in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

NCT03178175 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4

Last updated 2019-03-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This plan is to evaluate the effectiveness of scalp acupuncture, a modern acupuncture technique specialized to neurological disorders, in managing motor function and body balance for PD patients. This is a randomized, controlled, single-blind clinical trial.

Conditions

  • Parkinson Disease
  • Acupuncture

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Acupuncture

In the acupuncture with "De Qi" group, using stainless tiny needles is inserted to the specific acupoints over the scalp (Si Shen Cong and Baihui) until the "De Qi" phenomenon occurs. The duration is about 30 minutes, and all patients will receive the procedure 16 times within 2 months.

PROCEDURE

Needle Insertion

In the Sham acupuncture group, using stainless tiny needles is inserted to the specific acupoints over the scalp (Si Shen Cong and Baihui) but the needle doesn't reach the exact depth and "De Qi" phenomena doesn't occur. The duration is about 30 minutes, and all patients will receive this procedure 16 times within 2 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chao Hsien Hung, M.D. · Chang Bing Show Chang Memorial Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-29
Primary Completion
2018-12-01
Completion
2018-12-11

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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