Acupuncture Therapy in the management of Alzheimer's disease: literature review

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https://doi.org/10.47149/pemo.v3i3.5465

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Alzheimer 's Disease, Acupuncture, Alternative Therapy, Efficacy, Safety

Abstract

Alzheimer’s Disease is the main cause of dementia and represents a growing issue for health care, so it is essential that professionals in the field are prepared to manage these patients properly. However, countless studies show that the most used pharmacological classes, as the cholinesterase inhibitors, present limited efficacy and safety, which implies that disease-modifying treatments remain unknown. Thus, new studies came up proposing the investigation of different therapeutic interventions, such as acupuncture, which presents itself as an emerging and innovative treatment, since the current findings point to its great potential for effectiveness, in addition to showing fewer associated adverse effects.

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Mariana Martins Dantas Santos, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Acadêmica do 5º semestre de Medicina da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

Alice Zanetti Dussin, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Acadêmica do 5º semestre de Medicina da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

Aline Porto, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Acadêmica do 5º semestre de Medicina da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

Giulia Frantz Silveira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Acadêmica do 5º semestre de Medicina da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

Renata Baumann Simões, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Acadêmica do 5º semestre de Medicina da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

Viviane Cardoso de Fraga, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Acadêmica do 5º semestre de Medicina da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul.

Bartira Ercília Pinheiro da Costa, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutora em Biologia Celular e Molecular. Professora Titular Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Ciências da Saúde. Coordenadora de Pesquisa da Escola de Medicina da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brasil.

Miriam Viviane Baron, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Doutoranda no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Medicina e Ciências da Saúde da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Brasil. Bolsista de Doutorado da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior – Brasil (CAPES).

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2021-07-05

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SANTOS, M. M. D.; DUSSIN, A. Z.; PORTO, A.; SILVEIRA, G. F.; SIMÕES, R. B.; FRAGA, V. C. de; COSTA, B. E. P. da; BARON, M. V. Acupuncture Therapy in the management of Alzheimer’s disease: literature review. Educational Practices, Memories and Oralities, [S. l.], v. 3, n. 3, p. e335465, 2021. DOI: 10.47149/pemo.v3i3.5465. Disponível em: https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/revpemo/article/view/5465. Acesso em: 21 nov. 2024.

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