Current Status of Intervention Studies on Acupuncture for Parkinson’s Disease
- Authors
- 김덕현; 신대철; 송호섭
- Issue Date
- 2017
- Publisher
- 대한침구의학회
- Keywords
- Parkinson’s disease; Acupuncture; Intervention study
- Citation
- Journal of Acupuncture Research, v.34, no.3, pp.13 - 21
- Journal Title
- Journal of Acupuncture Research
- Volume
- 34
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 13
- End Page
- 21
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/6932
- ISSN
- 2586-288X
- Abstract
- Objectives : The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of acupuncture treatment (AT) in the tendency of increase of the need for AT for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) worldwide and to investigate the advancements in AT research in Korea and the future directions of research on this topic.
Methods : Until May 2017, the PubMed, Scopus, Medline, and four Korean databases were searched. The searched keywords were“ Parkinson’s disease”,“ Acupuncture”, and“ Intervention study”. The intervention groups from all screened original studies were analyzed and the methods used to determine the effect of AT on PD were examined.
Results : A total of 17 studies were grouped by country on the basis of the first author’s position, of which 10 studies were conducted in China, four in the United States, two in Korea, and one in Brazil. The most common type of intervention was electroacupuncture (nine studies), followed by AT (six studies), and a combination of AT and bee venom AT (two studies). The most frequently used acupoints in AT were Baihui (GV20), Taichong (LR3), Zusanli (ST36), Sanyinjiao (SP6), and Yanglingquan (GB34). The most commonly used tool for evaluation of PD was the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale Ⅲ, which assesses motor functions.
Conclusion : The screened studies reported that there were no adverse effects of AT on drug therapy, and AT reduced the dose of drugs used in PD treatment. Future studies on PD treatment with AT should use the acupoints GV20, LR3, ST36, SP6, and GB34, and the meridians Gallbladder meridian and Governor Vessel. Clinical studies on PD should use CONSORT or STRICTA to ensure the quality of national studies and allow the development of new tools for the assessment of the effect of AT on PD using the above criteria.
- Files in This Item
- There are no files associated with this item.
- Appears in
Collections - 한의과대학 > 한의학과 > 1. Journal Articles
![qrcode](https://api.qrserver.com/v1/create-qr-code/?size=55x55&data=https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/6932)
Items in ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.