Effect of Acupuncture on Gait in Parkinson—s Disease: A Case Report

This case report describes the treatment of gait disturbance in a 64-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease. Needling for 10 min of areas of muscle stiffness and of muscle tonus areas in both lower limbs resulted in immediate temporary alleviation of muscle stiffness and muscle tonus of the bi...

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Published inAcupuncture in medicine : journal of the British Medical Acupuncture Society Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 325 - 328
Main Authors Fukuda, Shimpei, Egawa, Masato
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.2015
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Summary:This case report describes the treatment of gait disturbance in a 64-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease. Needling for 10 min of areas of muscle stiffness and of muscle tonus areas in both lower limbs resulted in immediate temporary alleviation of muscle stiffness and muscle tonus of the bilateral anterior surface of the thigh muscle, the biceps femoris muscle, and the semitendinosus muscle for the duration of the treatment, with improvement in the disturbed gait of the patient. This response occurred regularly on repeated treatment, and was maintained between treatments.
ISSN:0964-5284
1759-9873
DOI:10.1136/acupmed-2015-010760