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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2019

Effects of Acupuncture Therapy on MCI Patients Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy.

Usman Ghafoor, Jun-Hwan Lee, Keum-Shik Hong, Sang-Soo Park, Jieun Kim, Ho-Ryong Yoo

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Usman GhafoorSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea.
Jun-Hwan LeeClinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Keum-Shik HongSchool of Mechanical Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea.
Sang-Soo ParkKorean Medicine Clinical Trial Center, Korean Medicine Hospital, Daejeon University, Daejeon, South Korea.
Jieun KimClinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, South Korea.
Ho-Ryong YooDepartment of Neurology Disorders, Dunsan Hospital, Daejeon University, Daejeon, South Korea.
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine · KRPusan National University · KRDaejeon University · KRDunsan Korean Medicine Hospital · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acupuncture therapy (AT) is a non-pharmacological method of treatment that has been applied to various neurological diseases. However, studies on its longitudinal effect on the neural mechanisms of patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) for treatment purposes are still lacking in the literature. In this clinical study, we assess the longitudinal effects of ATs on MCI patients using two methods: (i) Montreal Cognitive Assessment test (MoCA-K, Korean version), and (ii) the hemodynamic response (HR) analyses using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). fNIRS signals of a working memory (WM) task were acquired from the prefrontal cortex. Twelve elderly MCI patients and 12 healthy people were recruited as target and healthy control (HC) groups, respectively. Each group went through an fNIRS scanning procedure three times: The initial data were obtained without any ATs, and subsequently a total of 24 AT sessions were conducted for MCI patients (i.e., MCI-0: the data prior to ATs, MCI-1: after 12 sessions of ATs for 6 weeks, MCI-2: another 12 sessions of ATs for 6 weeks). The mean HR responses of all MCI-0-2 cases were lower than those of HCs. To compare the effects of AT on MCI patients, MoCA-K results, temporal HR data, and spatial activation patterns (i.e.,

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acupuncture therapyAlzheimer’s diseaseconnectivityfunctional near-infrared spectroscopygraph theoryhemodynamic responsemild cognitive impairmentprefrontal cortex

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