Parkinson's disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Meets the Western medical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's Disease (PD); 2. Syndrome differentiation according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) standards; 3. Hoehn-Yahr staging = 2.5; 4. Disease duration of = 1 year; 5. Exclusive pharmacological treatment for PD with no more than two types of medications, with a stable dosage for = 30 days; 6. Voluntary participation with informed consent; 7. Good compliance and willing to cooperate with follow-up.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals with contraindications to Gua Sha, such as a tendency to bleed, blood system diseases, infectious skin diseases, extreme hunger or satiety, excessive thinness, or excessive fatigue; 2. Those who have undergone deep brain stimulation surgery; 3. Patients with severe brain, heart, liver, kidney, lung, or hematopoietic system diseases, and those with malignant tumors; 4. Individuals with mental disorders; 5. Those who are currently participating in or have participated in another clinical trial within the past 30 days.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson’s Disease rating scale (MDS-UPDRS) score;Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT);Non-motor Symptoms Scale (NMSS) score;Plasma Inflammatory Cytokines;Therapeutic Efficacy Evaluation; | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Parkinson’s disease Sleep Scale 2nd Version (PDSS-2) score;constipation scoring system (CSS) score;King’s Parkinson’s disease pain scale (KPPS) score;Parkinson Fatigue Scale (PFS-16) score;Hamilton Rating Scale for Anxiety (HAMA) score;24-item Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD-24) score;the 39-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) score; | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Nanjing University of Chinese medicine