Acupuncture Alleviated the Nonmotor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease including Pain, Depression, and Autonomic Symptoms

Table 1

The assessment before and after two-week treatment of acupuncture.

	Before	After
Lower leg’s pain: VAS (right/left)	70/45	16/5
MDS-UPDRS
Total	59	46
Part 1	21	13
Part 2	12	10
Part 3	26	23
Timed 3 m Up and Go	38 sec, 24 steps	30 sec, 20 steps
Hamilton’s depression scale (HAM-D)	18	9

Note: the Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale, MDS-UPDRS.