The effect of Gua Sha therapy on Parkinson’s disease with rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder: a randomized controlled trial.

Publication date: Jul 03, 2025

To observe the clinical efficacy of Gua Sha therapy in treating Parkinson’s disease (PD) with rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD). A total of 52 PD patients with RBD were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n = 26) and the control group (n = 26). The control group was treated with conventional anti-PD drugs, and the experimental group was treated with Gua Sha therapy based on the control group. The RBDQ-HK, PDSS-2, MDS-UPDRSIII, HADS, and PDQ-39 scores were compared before treatment, at the end of 12 weeks of treatment, and 2 months of follow-up. Before treatment and at the end of 12 weeks of treatment, polysomnography (PSG) was performed to record related sleep parameters, and the changes in serum Lp-PLA2, IL-1β, PGE2, Glu and NT-3 were observed. After treatment, the symptoms of sleep disorder, motor function, emotional disorder, and quality of life in the experimental group were significantly improved, the levels of Lp-PLA2, IL-1β, and PGE2 were decreased, the levels of Glu and NT-3 were increased, and the curative effect was better than that in the control group (P 

Concepts Keywords
12weeks Gua Sha therapy
Drugs Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson Randomized controlled trial
Sleep
Therapy

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH Parkinson’s disease
disease MESH rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
drug DRUGBANK Dinoprostone
drug DRUGBANK Glutamic Acid
disease MESH sleep disorder
drug DRUGBANK Tropicamide

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