Clinical observation on Tourette syndrome treated by different acupuncture methods

摘要

目的

观察头体针与体针对多发性抽动症的临床效果, 寻找提高针刺疗效的更佳方法。

方法

将57 例患者随机分为治疗组3l例, 对照组26 例, 治疗组采用头针与体针并用治疗, 对照组单用体针治疗, 1 个月为1 疗程。 共治疗3 个疗程, 对比观察两组治疗前后耶鲁综合量表评分变化情况。

结果

治疗组患者临床痊愈2 例, 显效4 例, 有效18 例, 无效7 例, 总有效率77.4% (24/31)。 对照组患者临床痊愈0 例, 显效3 例, 有效9 例, 无效14 例, 总有效率46.2% (12/26)。 两组总有效率比较差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。

结论

头体针并用治疗多发性抽动症总有效率优于单用体针治疗。

Abstract

Objective

To approach a better solution for enhancing the therapeutic results of acupuncture therapy in the treatment of Tourette syndrome, by observing the clinical results of combined scalp with body acupuncture and mono-body acupuncture.

Methods

Fifty-seven patients were randomized into a treatment group (31 cases) and a control group (26 cases). The patients in the treatment group all received combined scalp-body acupuncture treatment, while the patients in the control group were given mono-body acupuncture treatment, for 1 month as a treatment session. At the end of the third treatment session, the Yale Global Tic Severity Scale (YGTSS) would be compared between pre- and post-treatment.

Results

In the treatment group, 2 patients were clinically cured, 4 showed markedly effective, 18 showed effective, and 7 failed, making a total therapeutic rate of 77.4%. In the control group, 0 were clinically cured, 3 showed markedly effective, 9 showed effective, 14 failed, making a total therapeutic rate of 46.2%. There was a significant difference between the two total therapeutic rates (P<0.05).

Conclusion

The combination of scalp and body acupuncture had a better therapeutic result than the mono-body acupuncture therapy in the treatment of Tourette syndrome.