Status:
UNKNOWN
Precision Medical Diagnosis and Acupuncture Treatment for Parkinson's Disease
Lead Sponsor:
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
Conditions:
Parkinson Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
NA
Brief 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 a...
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. S...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Diagnosed as Idiopathic Parkinsonism by Neurologist
- Have taken first line drugs more than three months
- Did not take any acupuncture or rehabilitation
- Voluntary
Exclusion
- Taking anticancer drug now or diagnosed as depression, psychosis or other mental illnesses
- Medical history of stroke or dementia
- Taking anticoagulant now or having coagulation disorders
- Scalp infection
- Pregnant women
- Patient with irregular heartbeat, implanted artificial cardiac pacemaker or implanted cardioverter-defibrillator
- Belonephobia
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
December 31 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03791983
Start Date
February 1 2019
End Date
December 31 2021
Last Update
January 24 2019
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