Effectiveness of acupuncture for Parkinson disease: A systematic review

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1505-1515

  Lee, Myeong Soo ^a   Shin, Byung Cheul ^b   Kong, Jae Cheol ^b   Ernst, Edzard ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Parkinson disease; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; LEVODOPA; PLACEBO; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ACUPUNCTURE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NAUSEA; ON OFF PHENOMENON; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SCALP; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; XEROSTOMIA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PARKINSON DISEASE; PLACEBO EFFECT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 53149111567     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21993     Document Type: Review

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