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Trial reportJournal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan2025

Effects of acupuncture combined with bone-setting therapy to treat tourette syndrome: a three-arm randomized controlled trial.

Lang Jiawang, Jin Lingqing, Luo Jianchang, Lang Boxu

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of traditional Chinese medicine = Chung i tsa chih ying wen pan, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Lang JiawangDepartment of Acupuncture and Massage, Municipal Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China.
Jin LingqingDepartment of Acupuncture and Massage, Municipal Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China.
Luo JianchangDepartment of Acupuncture and Massage, Municipal Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China.
Lang BoxuDepartment of Acupuncture and Massage, Municipal Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China.

Funding

Key Disciplines of Traditional Chinese Medicine Foundation of Zhejiang Province 2012-XK-D20Medical Health Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission: Study on Protein Fingerprinting of Tourette Syndrome 2011KYB142Renowned Traditional Chinese Medicine Expert Inheritance Studio Construction Project of Zhejiang province GZS2020049Traditional Chinese medicine foundation of Zhejiang province: Clinical Study on the Correlation Between Tourette Syndrome and Anatomical Changes in the Atlantoaxial Joint 2010ZB162
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo explore the efficacy and safety of acupuncture combined with atlantoaxial joint bone-setting therapy for the treatment of Tourette syndrome.

methodsWe randomly divided 600 patients at a ratio of 1∶1∶1 into three groups: group A (acupuncture combined with atlantoaxial joint bone setting therapy group), group B (acupuncture group), and group C (tiapride group). After two months of treatment, the Yale global tic severity scale (YGTSS) score reduction, improvement in social function impairment, clinical efficacy, and long-term efficacy in the three groups were compared.

resultsAfter treatment, in the analysis of YGTSS score reduction, social function impairment improvement, the clinical control rate, and long-term efficacy, the results were all Group A > Group B > Group C, with a statistically significant difference (

conclusionCompared with traditional drug therapy, acupuncture combined with atlantoaxial joint bone setting therapy has better clinical and long-term efficacy. This treatment strategy can improve the social function of children and prevent adverse reactions to drugs.

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Acupuncture TherapyTourette SyndromeAcupuncture PointsAdolescentAdultChildCombined Modality TherapyFemaleHumansMaleTreatment OutcomeYoung Adultacupunctureatlanto-axial jointbone settingrandomized controlled trialtiapride hydrochlorideTourette syndrome

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PMID39957172
PMCPMC11764927

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