| Title | [Clinical observation on acupuncture for treatment of paralytic strabismus] | | Author(s) | Zhang SJ, Li SR, Li JS, Liu J, Song RX | | Institution | Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, General Hospital of Daqing Oil Field, Daqing 163000, China. Shujiezhang428@hotmail.com | | Source | Zhongguo Zhen Jiu 2009 Oct; 29(10):799-803. | | Abstract | OBJECTIVE: To compare therapeutic effects of acupuncture at local points of eye and western medicine on paralytic strabismus.
METHODS: One hundred cases were randomly divided into an acupuncture group and a medication group. The acupuncture group (58 cases) was treated with acupuncture at local points of eye, Jingming (BL 1), Tongziliao (GB 1), Shangming (Extra) etc. were selected; and the medication group (42 cases) was treated with oral administration of Methycobal and Vitamin B1. After treatment of 5 courses, the therapeutic effects in the two groups were observed.
RESULTS: The total effective rate of 94.8% in the acupuncture group was superior to that of 85.7% in the medication group (P<0.01); the therapeutic effects of the acupuncture group for treatment of oculomotor nerve and abducent nerve were significantly better than that of the medication group (P<0.05); the acupuncture group was better than the medication group in synoptophore examination results and improvement of rima oculi and pupil (P<0.01, P<0.05), the acupuncture group was superior to the medication group in improvement of the function of paralysis eye muscle, including medial rectus and lateral rectus except superior oblique (P<0.01, P<0.05).
CONCLUSION: Acupuncture on local points of eye is an effective therapy for paralytic strabismus. | | Language | chi | | Pub Type(s) | English Abstract
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19873915 |
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