Trial reportJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2024
Effectivenss of electroacupuncture for skeletal muscle pain in Parkinson's disease: a Clinical randomized controlled trial.
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- Efficacy of various acupuncture modalities on alleviating symptoms in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Pooled it
- Low-Frequency Stimulation Provides Significant Added Benefit for Postpartum Urinary Incontinence: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Neurourology and urodynamics · 2026Trial
- Acupuncture: A Promising Non-Pharmacological Approach to Parkinson's Disease Management.Brain and behavior · 2026Review
- Efficacy of Acupuncture for Pain in Parkinson's Disease: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Electroacupuncture alleviates Parkinson's disease-related pain by inhibiting microglial NLRP3-ASC inflammasome in the amygdala.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Acupuncture Therapy in Treating Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025Review
- Characteristics of pain symptoms in Parkinson's disease.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2025Review
- Clinical efficacy and potential mechanisms of acupuncture for Parkinson's disease: the role of GABAergic signaling.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Review
- Neuroprotective effects of electroacupuncture in ischemic stroke: from mechanisms to clinical implications.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Review
- Neuroprotective Mechanisms and Clinical Evidence for Acupuncture in Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Parkinson's disease · 2025Review
- Acupuncture for Parkinson's Disease: A Narrative Review of Clinical Efficacy and Mechanistic Insights.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the effect of electroacupuncture on skeletal muscle pain in Parkinson's disease (PD).
methodsA single-center randomized controlled trial was conducted with sixty patients with Parkinson's disease with skeletal muscle pain were randomly divided into electroacupuncture group and sham acupuncture control group with 30 patients each. The electric acupuncture group was treated with electric acupuncture, while the control group was treated with Park needle pseudoacupuncture. Both groups were treated 5 times a week for a total of 4 weeks, and both groups completed 20 treatments. King's Parkinson's Pain Scale (KPPS) and visual analog scale (VAS) were used before and after treatment to evaluate the pain degree of patients. Real-time shear wave elastography (SWE) and modified Ashworth score (MAS) were used to evaluate the changes of muscle tone. Parkinson's comprehensive Score Scale (MDS-UPDRS, including UPDRSⅡ and UPDRS Ⅲ) was used to evaluate exercise ability. Hamilton Depression Scale (HAMD) score was used to evaluate the emotional changes of patients. Spearman correlation analysis was used to explore the correlation between pain degree and muscle tone, exercise ability and emotion.
resultsDuring the study, one case fell off in the control group, and 30 cases were eventually included in the analysis and treatment group and 29 cases in the control group. After treatment, Young's modulus of biceps and quadriceps and shear wave velocity of biceps were decreased in electroacupuncture group compared with before treatment, while KPPS score, VAS score, UPDRSⅡ, UPDRS Ⅲ and modified Ashworth score were decreased, with statistical significance (
conclusionElectroacupuncture therapy can effectively improve skeletal muscle pain in patients with Parkinson's disease, reduce the muscle hardness of patients, improve patients' daily life ability, and improve patients' emotional disorders. The degree of skeletal muscle pain in PD patients is correlated with motor ability and emotional disorders, but there is no significant correlation between the degree of skeletal muscle pain and the muscle tone of PD patients.
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