Effect and Potential Mechanism of Electroacupuncture Add-On Treatment in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease

Table 3

Changes in the scores of motor and nonmotor symptoms in the D + EA and D groups.

	D + EA group (before and after EA)	D group (before and after 2 months)
UPDRS III [points (mean ± SD)]	4.9 ± 4.8	2.3 ± 3.0	0.036
H-Y Stage [stage, median (quartile)]	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.135^b
PSQI [points, median (quartile)]	1.0 (0.0~2.0)	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.034
HAMD [points, median (quartile)]	0.0 (0.0~1.0)	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.360^b
HAMA [points, median (quartile)]	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.989^b
MMSE [points, median (quartile)]	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.081^b
MoCA [points, median (quartile)]	0.0 (−1.0~0.0)	0.0 (0.0~0.0)	0.079^b

Values are means ± standard for Student’s -test.
^bValues are median (lower quartile, upper quartile) for the Kruskal-Wallis test.
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