• Medicine · Feb 2018

    Acupuncture for management of lower urinary tract symptoms in Parkinson's disease: A protocol for the systematic review of randomized controlled trials.

    • Jong-In Kim, Tae-Young Choi, Ji Hee Jun, Hee Kang, and Myeong Soo Lee.
    • Division of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Kyung Hee Korean Medicine Hospital, Kyung Hee University, Seoul Clinical Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2018 Feb 1; 97 (6): e9821e9821.

    BackgroundAcupuncture is claimed to improve the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS). Currently, no systematic reviews are performed for acupuncture on LUTS in patients with Parkinson's diseases (PD). This review aims to evaluate the current evidence on the efficacy of acupuncture for the management of LUTS in PD.Methods And AnalysesEleven databases will be searched from their inception. These include PubMed, AMED, EMBASE, the Cochrane Library, 6 Korean medical databases, and 1 Chinese medical database. Study selection, data extraction, and assessment will be performed independently by 2 researchers. Risk of bias will be assessed with the Cochrane risk of bias assessment tool.Ethics And DisseminationEthical approval will not be required, given that this protocol is for a systematic review. The systematic review will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and disseminated both electronically and in print. The review will be updated to inform and guide healthcare practice and policy.Trial Registration NumberPROSPERO 2018 CRD42018083857.

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