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2025 , Vol. 45 >Issue 1: 176 - 183

DOI: https://doi.org/10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2025.01.017

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

  • Jiawang LANG ,
  • Lingqing JIN ,
  • Jianchang LUO ,
  • Boxu LANG
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  • Department of Acupuncture and Massage, Municipal Hospital Affiliated to Medical School of Taizhou University, Taizhou 318000, China

Received date: 2024-03-22

  Accepted date: 2024-09-04

  Online published: 2025-01-10

Supported by

Traditional Chinese medicine foundation of Zhejiang province: Clinical Study on the Correlation Between Tourette Syndrome and Anatomical Changes in the Atlantoaxial Joint(2010ZB162);Medical Health Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Provincial Health Commission: Study on Protein Fingerprinting of Tourette Syndrome(2011KYB142);Renowned Traditional Chinese Medicine Expert Inheritance Studio Construction Project of Zhejiang province(GZS2020049);Key Disciplines of Traditional Chinese Medicine Foundation of Zhejiang Province(2012-XK-D20)

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Abstract

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

METHODS: We 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.

RESULTS: After 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 (P < 0.05). However, the total clinical efficacy of treatment in group A (94.9%) was not significantly different from that in group B (91.8%). Adverse reactions did not occur in groups A and B, and several adverse reactions occurred in 29% (n = 58) of the group C patients.

CONCLUSION: Compared 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.

Key words： Tourette syndrome; acupuncture; atlanto-axial joint; tiapride hydrochloride; bone setting; randomized controlled trial

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Jiawang LANG , Lingqing JIN , Jianchang LUO , Boxu LANG . Effects of acupuncture combined with bone-setting therapy to treat tourette syndrome: a three-arm randomized controlled trial[J]. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2025 , 45(1) : 176 -183 . DOI: 10.19852/j.cnki.jtcm.2025.01.017

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