Acupuncture for promoting intelligence of children--an observation on 37 cases with mental retardation.
OBJECTIVE
To observe the effect of acupuncture on intelligence quotient (IQ) in children with mental retardation (MR).


METHODS
One hundred children with MR were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and a control group, 50 in each. There were 37 and 36 cases with complete data in the former and latter group respectively. Four-week treatment constituted a course, the comprehensive therapeutic effect of two groups was compared after 3 courses of treatment, and the influence of acupuncture on IQ was estimated.


RESULTS
The total effective rate in the acupuncture group was 78.4%, better than 30.56% in the control group, the difference being significant (P < 0.01). Both groups were improved in IQ but the effect of the former group was better than that of the latter group (P < 0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Acupuncture can obviously improve IQ of children suffering from MR.
Affiliated Hospital of Gansu College of TCM, Lanzhou, Gansu 730020, China. tianypw@126.com
Yong-Ping
YP
Tian
Rui
R
Qi
Xiang-Li
XL
Li
Yu-Ling
YL
Wang
Yu
Y
Zhang
Tong
T
Ji
Chun-Ying
CY
Hou
Lian-Ji
LJ
Wang
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male