Complementary and alternative medicine for idiopathic Parkinson's disease: An evidence-based clinical practice guideline

Ki Ho Cho, Tae Hun Kim, Seungwon Kwon, Woo Sang Jung, Sang Kwan Moon, Chang Nam Ko, Seung Yeon Cho, Chan Yong Jeon, Sang Ho Lee, Tae Young Choi, Ji Hee Jun, Jiae Choi, Myeong Soo Lee, Eun Kyoung Chung

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Abstract

Patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) require long-term care and are reported to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) interventions frequently. This CAM-specific clinical practice guideline (CPG) makes recommendations for the use of CAM, including herbal medicines, acupuncture, moxibustion, pharmaco-acupuncture, and qigong (with Tai chi) in patients with IPD. This guideline was developed using an evidence-based approach with randomized controlled trials currently available. Even though this CPG had some limitations, mainly originating from the bias inherent in the research on which it is based, it would be helpful when assessing the value of the CAM interventions frequently used in patients with IPD.

Original languageEnglish
Article number323
JournalFrontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Volume10
Issue numberOCT
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2018

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© 2018 Cho, Kim, Kwon, Jung, Moon, Ko, Cho, Jeon, Lee, Choi, Jun, Choi, Lee and Chung.

Keywords

  • Clinical practice guideline
  • Complementary and alternative medicine
  • Evidence-based medicine
  • Idiopathic Parkinson's disease
  • Recommendations

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