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KMID : 1189420120250020049
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Journal of Korean Oriental Medical Ophthalmology & Otolaryngology & Dermatology
2012 Volume.25 No. 2 p.49 ~ p.60
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Clinical trials on ophthalmology with Acupuncture Reviewed in PubMed Database
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Jung Dal-Lim
Kim Jong-Che
Hong Seung-ug
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Abstract
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Objective: Acupuncture has been used for treating eye disease for thousands of years but there are few evidence based medicine (EBM) for its use. This study is a review of Clinical trials related to the treatment of eye disease by acupuncture therapy.
Methods: We referred a Pubmed site by using searching word of "eye, acupuncture" (Limits: 10 Year, Clinical Trials, Humans, English).
Results: Eight journals with twelve papers were searched. Eight of these studies were randomized and ten trials of acupuncture treatments reported significant effect. On the topic of these clinical trials, five of them were about dry eyes, four about disorder of refraction, two about intraocular pressure and one about visual function. The result of clinical studies represented the significant cure rate.
Conclusion: We found that RCTs about the acupucnture for eye diseases were more and more published. But their average impact factor was 2.16 and average modified Jadad score was 3.89, so there needs more qualifying studies.
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KEYWORD
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RCTs, Ophthalmology, Acupucnture, Pubmed
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