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Acupuncture for Tourette Syndrome: A Systematic Review
Joint Authors
Liu, Jun
Yu, Jinna
Ye, Yongming
Wang, Yang
Peng, Weina
Liu, Zhishun
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-09-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
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.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yu, Jinna& Ye, Yongming& Liu, Jun& Wang, Yang& Peng, Weina& Liu, Zhishun. 2016. Acupuncture for Tourette Syndrome: A Systematic Review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103932
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yu, Jinna…[et al.]. Acupuncture for Tourette Syndrome: A Systematic Review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103932
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yu, Jinna& Ye, Yongming& Liu, Jun& Wang, Yang& Peng, Weina& Liu, Zhishun. Acupuncture for Tourette Syndrome: A Systematic Review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1103932
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1103932