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KMID : 1189420010140020253
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology
2001 Volume.14 No. 2 p.253 ~ p.261
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A Clinical Study of Acupuncture Effect on Children’s Myopia
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Lee Jin-Hun
Cho Sung-Eun
Woo Young-Min
Nam Young
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was performed to evaluate the clinical effect of acupuncture on children’s myopia.
Methods: Among the outpatients with myopia who visited to Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion, National Medical Center from June 2000 to May 2001, we selected 50 cases that did not involve ,any other pathological condition of eyes and patient age was below 17, whose eyes including with glasses or naked examined by monoocular and biocular visual acuity test per each visit and followed up for 6 weeks.
Results: We investigated 29 female and 21 male patients. The most distribution of age was 12.26. First mean biocular visual acutity was 0.2±0.074. Last mean biocular visual acuity after 6 weeks was 0.8±0.046(p<0.001). Improved cases on biocular test were 38 cases(76.00%).
Conclusions: These results suggest that the acupuncture therapy is effective treatment modality on children’s myopia.
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