Myopia Control by Combining Auricular Acupoint and Atropine Eyedrops

Summary

This study was designed to compare the difference of using atropine eyedrops alone from atropine combined with the stimulation of auricular acupoints therapy in reducing myopia progression.

Timeline

Start

2005-07

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-07

Publications

• Background Goss DA. Attempts to reduce the rate of increase of myopia in young people--a critical literature review. Am J Optom Physiol Opt. 1982 Oct;59(10):828-41. doi: 10.1097/00006324-198210000-00010.
• Background Lin LL, Shih YF, Hsiao CK, Chen CJ. Prevalence of myopia in Taiwanese schoolchildren: 1983 to 2000. Ann Acad Med Singap. 2004 Jan;33(1):27-33.
• Background Saw SM, Shih-Yen EC, Koh A, Tan D. Interventions to retard myopia progression in children: an evidence-based update. Ophthalmology. 2002 Mar;109(3):415-21; discussion 422-4; quiz 425-6, 443. doi: 10.1016/s0161-6420(01)00972-1.
• Results Shih YF, Chen CH, Chou AC, Ho TC, Lin LL, Hung PT. Effects of different concentrations of atropine on controlling myopia in myopic children. J Ocul Pharmacol Ther. 1999 Feb;15(1):85-90. doi: 10.1089/jop.1999.15.85.
• Results Chen MC. 112 cases of juvenile myopia treated by auricular acupressure. J Tradit Chin Med. 1989 Sep;9(3):173. No abstract available.
• Liang CK, Ho TY, Li TC, Hsu WM, Li TM, Lee YC, Ho WJ, Cheng JT, Tzeng CY, Liu IT, Chang SL. A combined therapy using stimulating auricular acupoints enhances lower-level atropine eyedrops when used for myopia control in school-aged children evaluated by a pilot randomized controlled clinical trial. Complement Ther Med. 2008 Dec;16(6):305-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2008.04.007. Epub 2008 May 29.

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