Acupuncture Eases Anxiety in Parkinson's Patients
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Acupuncture is an effective treatment for anxiety in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD), results of a randomized controlled trial show. Both sham and real acupuncture eased PD-related anxiety at the end of 8-week treatment, but only real acupuncture had an enduring effect at 2 months after treatment ended. The early effect with sham acupuncture in this Chinese population is not surprising, the researchers point out.
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@aishadipta The findings are based on a randomized, double-blind trial of 64 men and women with PD and anxiety, in which half received real or half received sham acupuncture three times per week for 8 weeks. The primary outcome was the Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAM-A) score.