Estudio piloto alemán de efecto de tratamiento con Qigong/Chikung sobre mal de Parkinson

Un estudio que mostró a los 3 y 6 meses mejoras en el grupo de valoración con práctica de Qigong. Práctica de 90 minutos semanales. Si entiendo bien hubo dos grupos, uno de ellos con tratamiento extra de Qigong y aunque ambos grupos mejoraron en cuanto a los niveles de depresión el grupo con práctica de Qigong mostró mejor estado en cuanto a aspectos físicos.

Será interesante contactar al Herr Dr. Ülrich Wüllner y preguntar que movimientos y práctica de Qigong en particular es la que realizó con su grupo de prueba.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/112117934/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Qigong exercise for the symptoms of Parkinson's disease: A randomized, controlled pilot study

 

Tanya Schmitz-Hübsch, MD 1, Derek Pyfer, BS 1, Karin Kielwein, MD 2, Rolf Fimmers, MD 3, Thomas Klockgether, MD 1, Ullrich Wüllner, MD, PhD 1 *

 

1. Department of Neurology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
2. Medical Society for Qigong Yangsheng, Bonn, Germany
3. Institute for Medical Biometrics, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

email: Ullrich Wüllner (wuellner@uni-bonn.de)

*Correspondence to Ullrich Wüllner, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany

Funded by:

 

German Parkinson's patients' organization (dPV)

 

Abstract

 

Irrespective of limited evidence, not only traditional physiotherapy, but also a wide array of complementary methods are applied by patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). We evaluated the immediate and sustained effects of Qigong on motor and nonmotor symptoms of PD, using an add-on design. Fifty-six patients with different levels of disease severity (mean age/standard deviation [SD], 63.8/7.5 years; disease duration 5.8/4.2 years; 43 men [76%]) were recruited from the outpatient movement disorder clinic of the Department of Neurology, University of Bonn. We compared the progression of motor symptoms assessed by Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale motor part (UPDRS-III) in the Qigong treatment group (n = 32) and a control group receiving no additional intervention (n = 24). Qigong exercises were applied as 90-minute weekly group instructions for 2 months, followed by a 2 months pause and a second 2-month treatment period. Assessments were carried out at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months. More patients improved in the Qigong group than in the control group at 3 and 6 months (P = 0.0080 at 3 months and P = 0.0503 at 6 months; Fisher's exact test). At 12 months, there was a sustained difference between groups only when changes in UPDRS-III were related to baseline. Depression scores decreased in both groups, whereas the incidence of several nonmotor symptoms decreased in the treatment group only.

© 2005 Movement Disorder Society

 

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Received: 23 July 2004; Revised: 17 January 2005; Accepted: 22 June 2005

 

Additional Material

This article includes Supplementary Material, available online at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0885-3185/suppmat