Parkinson’s Motor, Bowel Functions Improve With Electroacupuncture

[PDWarrior1900]

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[park_bear]

3 weekly sessions for 12 weeks. A bit of improvement. Change in UPDRS mostly due to progression of the control group which seems unusually rapid:

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Change UPDRS score, adjusted mean (95% CI)g

............................treatment.........................control

Week 4 ....−2.4 (−3.9 to −1.0) .................0.5 (−1.2 to 2.2)

Week 8 .....−2.1 (−5.1 to 0.9) ................. 2.4 (0.2–4.6)

Week 16 ....−3.7 (−5.5 to −1.9) .................8.9 (6.2–11.8)

Week 24 ....−1.4 (−3.9 to 1.1) ................. 11.4 (8.3–14.4)

[PDWarrior1900 in reply to park_bear]

this is what caught my eye from the study....

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"“Our study suggested that compared with conventional treatment, electroacupuncture significantly enhances motor function and bowel movements in patients with PD [Parkinson’s disease]..."

[Manypony]

I use “e-stim” with scalp acupuncture and body acupuncture for many reasons

[Smittybear7]

Thanks for sharing. Have you tried this?

[PDWarrior1900 in reply to Smittybear7]

i'm not sure if your question was directed to me.... but 'no' -- i have not tried electro acupuncture... but i do know you can buy the equipment on amazon (it's pretty cheap) and maybe try it? amazon will let you return it within 30 days

[Smittybear7 in reply to PDWarrior1900]

Thank you!

[Racerk]

Last year I tried Electroacupuncture for about 8 to 10 sessions. It was quite painful and I don't see any motor improvement at all. I think rock steady boxing or cardio exercise is a better choices.

[PDWarrior1900]

thanks for the feedback

[jocelyng]

I tried this to attempt to address a different issue. It didn’t solve that problem, but i didn’t notice an improvement in bowel or motor function, either. I didn’t do it as long, though.

[PDWarrior1900 in reply to jocelyng]

thank you for the feedback