Clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture in controlling myopia in children and its influence on retinal blood flow
- VernacularTitle:电针控制儿童近视的疗效及对视网膜血流的影响
- Author:
Rong HAN
;
Xuejun WANG
;
Xiehe KONG
;
Xiaopeng ZHANG
;
Yaojiani CAO
;
Yunqiong LU
;
Li LIU
;
Xingtao ZHOU
;
Feng ZHAO
;
Xiaopeng MA
- Keywords:
Acupuncture Therapy;
Electroacupuncture;
Auricular Acupressure;
Axial Length;
Eye;
Retina;
Microcirculation;
Myopia
- From:
Journal of Acupuncture and Tuina Science
2022;20(3):229-235
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) in controlling myopia in children and its effect on retinal blood flow. Methods: Sixty-eight myopic children were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 34 cases in each group. The control group was given auricular acupressure treatment alone, and the observation group was treated with EA once a week in addition to the treatment used in the control group. The spherical equivalent refraction (SER) and axial length (AL) were measured at baseline, and after 3 months and 6 months of treatment. Optical coherence tomography angiography was used to measure the vessel density (VD) and perfusion density (PD) in the surface layer of the retina. Results: After 3 months and 6 months of treatment, the changes in SER between the two groups were not statistically significant (P>0.05). After 3 months of treatment, the changes in AL between the two groups were not statistically significant (P>0.05); after 6 months of treatment, the change amount of AL in the observation group was smaller than that in the control group (P<0.05); after 3 months and 6 months of treatment, the changes in VD and PD in the surface layer of the retina in the observation group were significantly greater than those in the control group (P<0.01). Conclusion: EA treatment once a week for 6 months can delay the increase of AL and improve the retinal surface blood flow in myopic children.
