Feasibility and positive effects of scalp acupuncture for modulating motor and cerebral activity in Parkinson's disease: A pilot study.
BACKGROUND: A variety of acupuncture therapies have shown efficacy in Parkinson's disease (PD). OBJECTIVE: To evaluate scalp acupuncture (SA) effects on motor and cerebral activity by using gait equipment and resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs-fMRI). METHODS: Twelve patients wit...
| Published in: | NeuroRehabilitation Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 467 - 480 |
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| Format: | clinical trial diagnostic images pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2022
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