Background: Acupuncture as a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) modality appears to be a helpful integrative therapy for multiple sclerosis. Due to the chronicity of the disease and persistent symptoms, a large number of patients seek to use CAM for the multiple sclerosis treatment. Therefore, the present review aimed to determine …
Read More »Acupuncture improves gait in Parkinson disease
This is a randomized and controlled crossover study. The same individual patient was part of both, experimental (real acupuncture) and control group (false acupuncture/sham), and the sequence was randomized. Balance and gait parameters were measured at two different moments, before and after treatment, using four force platforms as well as …
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