title: Effect of acupuncture on gait in Parkinson's disease: a case report.
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.
authors: Department of Health Promotion and Geriatric Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors: Shimpei
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8229-5188
authors: S
authors: Fukuda
authors: Department of Health Promotion and Geriatric Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine, Kyoto, Japan.
authors: Masato
authors: M
authors: Egawa
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: ACUPUNCTURE; GERIATRIC MEDICINE