None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Procedure/Surgery : To identify effect of acupuncture in PD patients with gait disturbance, outcomes related with motility will be compared in intervention group and control group. The acupuncture tre
Sponsors
Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Diagnosis with PD by a neurologist. 2) Having ability to walk 10 meters. 3) Meeting the Hoehn and Yahr scale (stage 1-4) 4) Stable dose of conventional treatment related with PD for at least 1 month
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Diagnosis with Altzhimer dementia, vascular dementia, huntington's disease, and hydrocephalus. 2) Having gait disturbance causing stroke, brain tumor, and brain disease 3) Diagnosis with gastrointestinal disease, endocrine disease, and cardiovascular disease that don't treated by food and medication 4) Identifying severely unstable medical condition by research doctor 5) Having history of neuropsychiatric disorder 6) Having a allergy reaction on stainless steel needle and metals 7) Receiving treatment on gait disturbance for a least 2 weeks 8) Participating other clinical trials for a least 4 weeks 9) disability to measure fNIRS
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Speed of gait | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hemodynamic change using fNIRS system;Molecular analysis-Plasma and serum neurotransmitters(NTs);Mobility (GAITRite system & UPDRS score);Assessment of immediate effect of acupuncture (GAITRite system & UPDRS score);Assessment of accumulating and sustained effect of acupuncture;mRNA assay | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactJungHee Jang
Dunsan Korean Medicine Hospital of Daejeon University
Outcome results
None listed