The effectiveness of electroacupuncture for Parkinson's disease pai
- Conditions
- Skeletal muscle pain in patients with Parkinson's diseaseMusculoskeletal Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN24310308
- Lead Sponsor
- Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
1. Diagnosis of Parkinson's disease and chronic musculoskeletal pain
2. Agrees to participate in the trial and signs an informed consent form
3. Aged between 30 and 80 years
1. Severe heart, liver, kidney, or other organ dysfunction
2. Schizophrenia, malignant tumors, blood system, immune system, or metabolic dysfunction
3. Combined with other types of dementia (such as vascular dementia, frontotemporal dementia, or Alzheimer's disease)
4. Severe cognitive impairment and language impairment
5. Diagnosed with Parkinson's syndrome or Parkinson's superimposed syndrome
6. Poor treatment compliance or unable to cooperate with treatment
7. Do not agree to participate in this research
8. Physical pain caused by other diseases
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain measured using King's Parkinson's Disease Pain Scale at baseline, 2, and 4 weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Pain measured using visual analogue scoring at baseline, 2, and 4 weeks<br> 2. Daily life ability measured using Parkinson's composite score sheet at baseline, 2, and 4 weeks<br> 3. Muscle tension measured using Modified Ashworth score at baseline, 2, and 4 weeks<br> 4. Depression measured using Hamilton Depression Scale at baseline, 2, and 4 weeks<br> 5. Muscle tension measured using real-time shear wave ultrasound elastography at baseline and 4 weeks<br>