title: Acupuncture as Adjuvant Therapy for Sleep Disorders in Parkinson's Disease.
abstract: There are few studies which attest the efficacy of acupuncture on treatment of sleep disturbs in Parkinson disease. The aimed of this randomized clinical trial was to evaluate the effects of acupuncture on sleep disturbs of 22 patients with diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson disease (Hoehn-Yahr 1 to 3) who have assistance on the Pro-Parkinson Program of Clinical Hospital at Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil. All participants were evaluated by Parkinson Disease Sleep Scale (PDSS) before and after 8 weeks. The experimental group was submitted to 8 sections (once a week) which had duration of 30 minutes. The control group had no intervention. The intervention was executed using the acupuncture points LR3 (Taichong), SP6 (Sanyinjiao), LI4 (Hegu), TE5 (Wai-Guan), HT7 (Shenmen), PC6 (Neiguan), LI11 (Quchi), GB20 (Fengchi). Paired analyses were obtained by Wilcoxon test and independent analyses were made according to Mann-Whitney test. This study presented a potential therapeutic benefit of acupuncture on sleep disturbs of Parkinson's disease patients. This study showed a possible therapeutic benefit through acupuncture in sleep disorders in patients with PD. However, we propose new studies related to the effects of acupuncture on the clinical symptoms and evolution of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Academic of Medicine graduation of Federal University of Pernambuco - Recife, Pernambuco (PE), Brazil.
authors.forename: Fábio Henrique de Amorim
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Aroxa
authors.affiliation: Pro-Parkinson Program of Clinical Hospital of Federal University of Pernambuco - Recife (PE), Brazil.
authors.forename: Ihana Thaís Guerra de Oliveira
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Gondim
authors.affiliation: Pro-Parkinson Program of Clinical Hospital of Federal University of Pernambuco - Recife (PE), Brazil.
authors.forename: Elba Lúcia Wanderley
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Pro-Parkinson Program of Clinical Hospital of Federal University of Pernambuco - Recife (PE), Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria das Graças Wanderley de Sales
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Coriolano
authors.affiliation: Pro-Parkinson Program of Clinical Hospital of Federal University of Pernambuco - Recife (PE), Brazil.
authors.forename: Amdore Guescel C
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.affiliation: Clinical Medicine Department of Federal University Pernambuco - Recife (PE), Brazil. Electronic address: nadjaasano@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Nadja Maria Jorge
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Asano
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Acupuncture; Parkinson Disease; Sleep Disorders