Effect of acupuncture on rehabilitation training of child's autism.
- Author:
Yu-fen YAN
1
;
Yong-ying WEI
;
Yu-hua CHEN
;
Ming-ming CHEN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Acupuncture Therapy; Autistic Disorder; rehabilitation; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Male; Medicine, Chinese Traditional
- From: Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2007;27(7):503-505
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo observe the effect of acupuncture on rehabilitation training for children's autism.
METHODSForty autistic children receiving rehabilitation training were divided into a control group and a treatment group, 20 cases in each group. The control group received rehabilitation training including ABA training, the Conductive Education Approach and the training of sensory integration, about 90 sessions for each training; the treatment group received acupuncture treatment for 60-90 sessions after the rehabilitation training. Their results were detected by the revised Chinese version of Psycho-Educational Profile for autistic and developmentally disabled children (C-PEP).
RESULTSThe markedly effective rate was 55.0% in the treatment group and 15.0% in the control group with a very significant difference between the two groups (P < 0.01); the differences before and after training in some projects such as the total score of development, imitation, oral cognition in the treatment group were very significantly different from those in the control group (P < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONAcupuncture combined with scientific and effective rehabilitation training has a better therapeutic effect than that of the simple rehabilitation training for child's autism.
