ReviewEvidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM2016
Acupuncture for Tourette Syndrome: A Systematic Review.
Review in Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Application of acupuncture and moxibustion for tic disorders: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Strategy for Patients with Tourette Syndrome Based on Clinical Efficacy and Safety: A Meta-Analysis of 47 Randomized Controlled Trials.BioMed research international · 2021Pooled it
- Multimodal brain imaging neurotransmitter marker study of TD: a review of TCM effect mechanisms and precise diagnosis and treatment combining traditional Chinese and western medicine.American journal of translational research · 2026Review
- Pain in Tourette Syndrome: A Comprehensive Review.Journal of child and adolescent psychopharmacology · 2025Review
- Tourette Syndrome Treatment Updates: a Review and Discussion of the Current and Upcoming Literature.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2022Review
- Publication Trends in Rehabilitative Effects of Acupuncture: A Visual Analysis of the Literature.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2022Review
- A Comprehensive Review of Tic Disorders in Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- The Efficacy of Acupuncture on Tic Disorders in Children: A Retrospective and Propensity Score-Matched Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
- Current Status, Diagnosis, and Treatment Recommendation for Tic Disorders in China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Review
- Effects of Acupuncture on Behavioral Stereotypies and Brain Dopamine System in Mice as a Model of Tourette Syndrome.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2019Article
- Effects of orthopedic treatment using temporomandibular joint balancing appliance (TBA) at improving the symptoms of tic/Tourette syndrome: case report.Integrative medicine research · 2018Article
- A Comprehensive Review of Tourette Syndrome and Complementary Alternative Medicine.Current developmental disorders reports · 2018Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that affects both children and adults. We searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) using acupuncture to treat TS written in English or Chinese without restrictions on publication status. Study selection, data extraction, and assessment of study quality were conducted independently by two reviewers. Meta-analyses were performed using Review Manager (RevMan) 5.3 software from the Cochrane Collaboration. Data were combined with the fixed-effect model based on a heterogeneity test. Results were presented as risk ratios for dichotomous data and mean differences (MDs) for continuous data. This review included 7 RCTs with a total of 564 participants. The combined results showed that acupuncture may have better short-term effect than Western medicine for TS and that acupuncture may be an effective adjuvant therapy in improving the effect of Western medicine on TS, but the evidence is limited because of existing biases. Rigorous high-quality RCTs are needed to verify these findings.
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