Treatment of Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease with Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine: A Randomized Placebo-Controlled Pilot Clinical Study

Table 4

Communications, complications of therapy (between group comparisons).

Time (weeks)	Parameter	TCM group (𝑛=22)	Control group (𝑛=25)	P-value
12	PDQ-39 Communications	−4.17 ± 19.03	6.92 ± 13.27	.024^a
24		−3.79 ± 18.67	5.92 ± 13.87	.047^a
12	UPDRS IV	−0.86 ± 1.49	0.00 ± 0.04	.029^a
24		−1.00 ± 1.83	1.44 ± 1.74	.085
12	UPDRS IVC	−0.45 ± 0.74	−0.04 ± 0.79	.039^a
24		−0.59 ± 0.80	−0.08 ± 0.81	.034^a

^aComparison with baseline were statistically significant at 𝑃<.05.