Temporomandibular Joint Balancing Therapy(턱관절 균형요법)를 병행한 한의치료로 호전된 특발성 파킨슨병 환자 2례에 대한 증례보고 = A Case Report of Two Patients with Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease Treated with Korean Medicine Treatment and Temporomandibular Joint Balancing Therapy

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It has no cure, but current treatments can relieve symptoms and maintain quality of life. As PD progresses, controlling its symptoms becomes difficult. Here, we present the treatment of two patients with idiopathic PD using traditional Korean medicine (TKM) and temporomandibular joint balancing therapy (TBT). We measured the progress of the two patients using the unified PD rating scale (UPDRS) and the Hoehn and Yahr (HY) scale. Combined treatment of TKM and TBT decreased the total UPDRS score from 52 to 26 after 21 days in case 1, while it decreased the total UPDRS score from 91 to 65 after 20 days in case 2. In both patients, the HY scale score was maintained at 3, and no adverse events were observed. Thus, the combined treatment of TKM and TBT can produce a treatment response in PD patients.