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China Journal of Chinese Ophthalmology. 2011, (02)

Electrical Plum-Blossom Needle treatment for juvenile myopia:a clinical multicenter studyChinese Full Text

ZHANG Shoukang,DENG Xiaohui,ZHANG Lixia,et al.Ophthalmology Department,Eye Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,Beijing 100040,China

Abstract: OBJECTIVE To observe the effect of electrical plum-blossom needle treatment for juvenile myopia.METHODS Randomly controlled trial had been employed.Blinding method: the executant,registrar and the estimator had been separated;Adolescent myopia patients in 3 centers had been observed.The treatment group was treated with electrical plum-blossom needle,each time 10 minutes,1 time a day,10 days as a therapeutic course,altogether 2 courses,5 days rest after the first therapeutic course.The control group was treated with tropicamide eye drops,one drop every night before going to bed,10 days as a therapeutic course,altogether 2 courses,5 days rest after the first therapeutic course.Before and after the treatment,visual acuity,diopter,corneal refractive power,axial length,lens thickness and ciliary body thickness were assessed and compared between the two groups.RESULTS Three hundred and fifty-five patients（705eyes）coming from the 3 centers were studied.The group that was treated with electrical plum-blossom needle（178 patients,354 eyes,83.9% effective rate）had a better effect than the control group（177 patients,351 eyes,effective rate: 35.6）.The difference was significant（P＜0.05）.On corneal refractive power and axis of eye,electrical plum-blossom needle had no effect（P＞0.05）.But diopter,lens thickness,ciliary body thick-ness had obviously amended after the electrical plum-blossom needle therapy（P＜0.05）.CONCLUSIONS Electrical plum-blossom needle treatment can improve visual acuity evidently and correct ametropia induced by spasm.
Keywords：

myopia; electrical plum-blossom needle; treatment; clinical observation;

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    10.13444/j.cnki.zgzyykzz.002776

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