TY  - JOUR
AU  - Cheng, Fung Kei
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/04/23
TI  - How Can Acupuncture Be Used in Treating Dementia?
JO  - OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine
SP  - 005
VL  - 03
IS  - 02
AB  - (1) Background: Dementia erodes the quality of life of patients and their caregivers, and the growing dementia population threatens public finance in the health and social services. In addition to formal medical treatments, complementary and alternative medicine is applicable to dementia, in which acupuncture has become an option for prevention, remedy, and rehabilitation. Acupuncture is a traditional Chinese medical method that uses needle penetration at acupoints (specific points throughout the body which will be stimulated for therapeutic achievements), resulting in alleviating dementia symptoms; for example, enhancements in cognition, memory, language, behaviour, emotion, and self-care.
(2) Methods: This narrative review analyses 44 clinical human-based studies conducted 1998-2017, pertaining to 3078 participants who were 45-100 years old in Austria, China, Hong Kong, Japan, and the USA.
(3) Results: This review offers an overview of various methods of acupuncture (using acupuncture alone or combined with other therapies), and how they can be conducive to people inflicted by dementia.
(4) Conclusions: This study also reveals future research directions to develop acupuncture, which offers a novel approach to health care practitioners and patients.
SN  - 2573-4393
UR  - https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.1802005
DO  - 10.21926/obm.icm.1802005
ID  - Cheng2018
ER  -