Does integrative medicine enhance balance in aging adults? Proof of concept for the benefit of electroacupuncture therapy in Parkinson's disease

Gerontology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-14

  Toosizadeh, Nima ^a   Lei, Hong ^b   Schwenk, Michael ^a,c   Sherman, Scott J ^b   Sternberg, Esther ^d   Mohler, Jane ^c   Najafi, Bijan ^a,c  

^a Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (ICAMP) Department of Surgery College of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Ankle strategy; Anterior posterior sway; Hip strategy; Medial lateral sway; Parkinsonism; Postural control; Rigidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; AFFECT; ANKLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GRAVITY; HIP; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANKLE JOINT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ELECTROACUPUNCTURE; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURAL BALANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919875804     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000363442     Document Type: Article

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