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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03178175
Date of registration: 31/05/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
Public title: Acupuncture for Management of Balance Impairment in Patients With Parkinson's Disease
Scientific title: Acupuncture for Management of Balance Impairment in Patients With Parkinson's Disease: A Single Blinded Randomised Controlled Study
Date of first enrolment: December 29, 2016
Target sample size: 4
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03178175
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Taiwan
Contacts
Name:     Chao Hsien Hung, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Chang Bing Show Chang Memorial Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- age 50-75

- Meet the diagnostic criteria of Parkinson's disease: UK (United Kingdom) Parkinson's
disease society brain bank clinical diagnostic criteria

- Disease severity of Hoehn-Yahr stage: stage I to III

- clinical condition stable, not adjusting medicine in recent 3 months

- no falling episode in recent 1 year

- live independently

Exclusion Criteria:

- already enrolled in another studies

- can't cooperate this evaluation examinations due to poor visual acuity, impaired
cognitive function, musculoskeletal system disorder, or psychiatric illness

- any other condition would make participants not to cooperative this study

- can't tolerate acupuncture procedure



Age minimum: 50 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson Disease
Acupuncture
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Needle Insertion
Procedure: Acupuncture
Primary Outcome(s)
Balance function evaluation [Time Frame: 15-20 minutes]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Motor function evaluation [Time Frame: 15-20 minutes]
Secondary ID(s)
1051004
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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