针刺右内关穴配合康复训练治疗孤独症谱系障碍患者言语障碍的临床研究OACSTPCD

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of acupuncture at right acupoint Neiguan(PC6)plus rehabilitation training for autism spectrum disorder(ASD)with dysphasia in children on the basis of brain lateralization theory.Methods One hundred and fourteen ASD patients with dysphasia were randomized to groups A,B and C,38 cases each.Group A received acupuncture at right acupoint Neiguan(PC6)plus rehabilitation training;group B,lateralization treatment plus rehabilitation training;group C,rehabilitation training alone.The Autism Behavior Checklist(ABC),the Childhood Autism Rating Scale(CARS)and the Autism Treatment Evaluation Checklist(ATEC)scores,and scores of language comprehension and expression in S-S language retardation test were recorded in the three groups before and after treatment.Results The ABC,CARS and ATEC scores decreased markedly and the language comprehension and expression scores increased markedly in the three groups after treatment compared with before with statistically significant differences(P＜0.05).In group A after treatment,the ABC score was statistically lower than in group C,the CARS and ATEC scores were statistically lower than in groups B and C,the language comprehension score was statistically higher than in group C and the language expression score was statistically higher than in groups B and C with statistically significant differences(P＜0.05).Conclusion Acupuncture at right acupoint Neiguan(PC6)plus rehabilitation training has a definite therapeutic effect on ASD with dysphasia.