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Case Reports
. 2015 Aug;33(4):325-8.
doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2015-010760. Epub 2015 Mar 19.

Effect of acupuncture on gait in Parkinson's disease: a case report

Shimpei Fukuda  1 , Masato Egawa  1
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Effect of acupuncture on gait in Parkinson's disease: a case report

Shimpei Fukuda et al. Acupunct Med. 2015 Aug.

Abstract

This case report describes the treatment of gait disturbance in a 64-year-old woman with Parkinson's disease. Needling for 10 min of areas of muscle stiffness and of muscle tonus areas in both lower limbs resulted in immediate temporary alleviation of muscle stiffness and muscle tonus of the bilateral anterior surface of the thigh muscle, the biceps femoris muscle, and the semitendinosus muscle for the duration of the treatment, with improvement in the disturbed gait of the patient. This response occurred regularly on repeated treatment, and was maintained between treatments.

Keywords: ACUPUNCTURE; GERIATRIC MEDICINE.

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