Sandyk R, Derpapas K
NeuroCommunication Research Laboratories, Danbury, CT 06811.
Int J Neurosci. 1993 Mar-Apr;69(1-4):167-83. doi: 10.3109/00207459309003328.
External application of picoTesla range magnetic fields (MF) has been reported recently to be efficacious in the treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) including those who manifest levodopa-related dyskinesias. In the present communication, we present four additional Parkinsonian patients who showed, within a brief period of time, marked improvement in motor symptoms after therapy with MF. Three of the patients had been maintained on antiParkinsonian medication during treatment with MF while the fourth patient had never received pharmacotherapy. Improvement with magnetic therapy was noted not only in the motor sphere (resting tremor, gait apraxia, postural instability), but also in nonmotor aspects of the disease including mood, sleep, pain, anorexia, autonomic, and cognitive functions attesting to the unique efficacy of external picoTesla range MF in the treatment of Parkinsonism. Poverty of facial expression (hypomimia, "masked facies"), which correlates with the degree of striatal dopaminergic deficiency, is one of the clinical hallmarks of PD reflecting the severity of hypokinesia and rigidity in the orofacial musculature. In this report, we emphasize the effects of MF on the hypomimia of PD and provide visual documentation illustrating the changes in the patients' facial expression which follow treatment with MF.
最近有报道称，皮特斯拉级别的磁场（MF）外部应用对帕金森病（PD）患者有效，包括那些出现左旋多巴相关运动障碍的患者。在本报告中，我们介绍另外四名帕金森病患者，他们在接受MF治疗后的短时间内，运动症状有显著改善。其中三名患者在接受MF治疗期间一直在服用抗帕金森病药物，而第四名患者从未接受过药物治疗。磁疗不仅在运动方面（静止性震颤、步态失用、姿势不稳）有改善，在疾病的非运动方面，包括情绪、睡眠、疼痛、厌食、自主神经和认知功能方面也有改善，这证明了皮特斯拉级别的外部MF在治疗帕金森病方面具有独特的疗效。面部表情贫乏（表情减少、“面具脸”）与纹状体多巴胺能缺乏程度相关，是PD的临床特征之一，反映了口面部肌肉运动减少和僵硬的严重程度。在本报告中，我们强调MF对PD表情减少的影响，并提供视觉记录，说明患者面部表情在接受MF治疗后的变化。
