Clinical observation on acupuncture for treatment of Tourette's syndrome.
- Author:
Sheng MA
1
;
Xue-yu LIU
;
Rui-ling YU
;
Le-jie CHEN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Acupuncture Therapy; Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; Female; Humans; Male; Tourette Syndrome; physiopathology; therapy
- From: Chinese Acupuncture & Moxibustion 2006;26(6):392-394
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo explore an ideal program for acupuncture treatment of Tourette's syndrome (TS).
METHODSOne hundred and two cases of TS were randomly divided into a treatment group of 68 cases and a control group of 34 cases. The treatment group were treated with acupuncture at Taichong (LR 3) and Hegu (LI 4) as main, and the control group with oral administration of heloperidol. Their therapeutic effects were compared, and changes of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) before and after treatment were investigated in the treatment group.
RESULTSAfter treatment for 3 courses, 56 cases were cured, 10 improved and 2 ineffective with an effective rate of 97.1% in the treatment group; and 15 cases were cured, 11 improved and 8 ineffective with an effective rate of 76.5% in the control group, with a very significant difference in the effective rate between the two groups (P < 0.001); after treatment, the abnormal rate of SEP decreased by 41.1% in the treatment group (P < 0.001).
CONCLUSIONAcupuncture is a very effective therapy for TS and has a certain restoring action on mild abnormal change of SEP.
