Acupuncture for Tourette Syndrome: A Systematic Review

Table 2

Summary of characteristics of included studies.

Reference	Comparisons	Drug dose	Age; (years)	Duration of illness; (years)	YGTSS	Outcomes	Duration of intervention	Duration of follow-up
Guo et al., 2004 [36]	Electroacupuncture ()	1.5–8 mg/d	NR	1 to 8 in two groups	NR	Response rate	30 days; (30 sessions)	No follow-up
	Haloperidol ()
Liu et al., 2010 [30]	Electroacupuncture ()	1.5–8 mg/d	NR	1 to 5	NR	Response rate	20 days; (20 sessions)	No follow-up
	Haloperidol ()			1 to 5
Xu and Zhu, 2009 [33]	Scalp acupuncture ()	0.25–1 mg/d	6 to 18	1 to 7		YGTSS, response rate	3 months; (39 sessions)	No follow-up
	Risperidone ()		4 to 17	1 to 8
Zhang et al., 2015 [34]	Manual acupuncture ()	150–450 mg/d	2 to 15 in two groups	0.5 to 3.2 in two groups	NR	Response rate	3 months; (60 sessions)	No follow-up
	Tiapride ()
Mu et al., 2009 [35]	Electroacupuncture plus psychological behaviour therapy ()	From 1 mg/d				YGTSS, response rate	6 weeks; (42 sessions)	No follow-up
	Haloperidol plus psychological behaviour therapy ()
Chi and Sun, 2004 [37]	Manual acupuncture plus haloperidol ()	1.5–8 mg	2 to 21	1 to 9		YGTSS, response rate	20 days; (20 sessions)	No follow-up
	Haloperidol ()		2 to 21	1 to 9
Yang et al., 2007 [38]	Manual acupuncture plus haloperidol and psychotherapy ( initially; final )	From 1 mg/d		NR		YGTSS, response rate	40 days; (40 sessions)	No follow-up
	Haloperidol and psychotherapy ()

YGTSS: Yale Global Tic Severity Scale. NR: no reported.