Gait Disturbance Improvement and Cerebral Cortex Rearrangement by Acupuncture in Parkinson's Disease: A Pilot Assessor-Blinded, Randomized, Controlled, Parallel-Group Trial.

Jung-Hee JangSangsoo ParkJinung AnJong-Duk ChoiIn Chan SeolGunhyuk ParkSeung Hyun LeeYoung MoonWeechang KangEun-Sun JungJi-Yun ChaChan-Young KimSiyeon KimIn Chul JungHo-Ryong Yoo

Published in: Neurorehabilitation and neural repair (2020)

Our findings indicated that acupuncture tended to improve hypometric gait and rearranged activation of the cerebral cortex. Thus, acupuncture may be a useful complementary treatment for gait disturbance, including hypometric gait, in patients with PD. Trial Registration Number. Clinical Research Information Service (KCT0002603), https://cris.nih.go.kr/cris/index.jsp.

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