Trial reportChinese journal of integrative medicine2014
Evaluating the effectiveness of electro-acupuncture as a treatment for childhood autism using single photon emission computed tomography.
Trial report in Chinese journal of integrative medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effectiveness of acupuncture as a treatment for tinnitus: a randomized controlled trial using (99m)Tc-ECD SPECT.European radiology · 2016Trial
- Assessment of treatment efficacy for codeine-containing cough syrup dependence using single-photon emission computed tomography.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- A Review of Therapeutic Approaches for Autism Spectrum Disorder.Brain sciences · 2025Review
- The factors affecting the development of medicinal plants from a value chain perspective.Planta · 2024Review
- Acupuncture-Neuroimaging Research Trends over Past Two Decades: A Bibliometric Analysis.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2023Review
- Research status and prospects of acupuncture for autism spectrum disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Review
- Acupuncture and oxytocinergic system: The promising treatment for autism.Translational neuroscience · 2021Review
- Electroacupuncture Stimulation of Language-Implicated Acupoint Tongli (HT 5) in Healthy Subjects: An fMRI Evaluation Study.Chinese journal of integrative medicine · 2018Article
- The Status of the Quality Control in Acupuncture-Neuroimaging Studies.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2016Review
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Abstract
objectiveTo explore the effectiveness of electro-acupuncture (EA) in the treatment of childhood autism (CA) and evaluate its effectiveness using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
methodsA total of 55 CA patients (4.52±2.73 years) were enrolled in this study. All patients received EA treatments and were examined by SPECT before and after treatments.
resultsFollowing treatment, the intracerebral multiple focal radioactivity distribution defect areas of CA patients were observed to be partially filled. Specifically, significant differences in the ratios of regional cerebral blood flow and global cerebral blood flow before (Fb) and after (Fe) EA treatment in different lesions were observed (in the left prefrontal cortex, t=5.01, P<0.01; in the right prefrontal cortex, t=2.32, P<0.05; in the left temporal lobe, t=4.54, P<0.01; in the right temporal lobe, t=2.90, P<0.05; in the left Broca's area, t=5.82, P<0.01). After EA treatment, the patients exhibited symptomatic relief.
conclusionEA is useful to treat CA and SPECT can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of this treatment.
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