NCT03791983

Precision Medical Diagnosis and Acupuncture Treatment for Parkinson's Disease

Precision Medical Diagnosis and Acupuncture Treatment for Parkinson's Disease -The Evaluation of Scalp Acupuncture for Parkinson's Disease

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study integrates traditional Chinese medicine syndromes and pulse diagnosis, and uses laser vibration overlay and functional cerebral angiography to understand the efficacy of scalp acupuncture against Parkinson's Disease.

Detailed description

Traditional Chinese medicine does not have the term " Parkinson's disease". According to the symptoms of the disease, it is closer to the "Liver wind", "Vibration" and "Chatter" in Chinese medicine. Scalp needle stimulation can increase the content of dopamine in the brain and improve mitochondrial function and reduce the death of substantia nigra. This study integrates TCM syndromes and pulse diagnosis, and uses laser vibration overlay and functional brain image to understand the effect of scalp acupuncture on Parkinson's disease. The project will be carried out in two phases: the first phase is the pilot study, and 200 patients with limb shakes were collected from the neurology clinic. After the laser vibration overlay test, 20 patients with mild tremors and diagnosed as Parkinson's disease were selected. , treated by Wen's scalp acupuncture. In the second phase, 80 Parkinson patients were enrolled, randomized to the treatment group and the control group, and the changes in TCM syndrome, pulse diagnosis and Parkinson scale were compared before and after treatment, and the fMRI and vibration overlay ratios were evaluated after scalp acupuncture.

Conditions

• Parkinson Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Scalp Acupuncture	Scalp acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine in which thin needles are inserted into the scalp. It is a key component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
OTHER	Body Acupenture	Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine in which thin needles are inserted into the body. It is a key component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-01
• Primary completion: 2021-12-31
• Completion: 2021-12-31
• First posted: 2019-01-03
• Last updated: 2019-01-24