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

Complementary Therapies in Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 305-310

  Liang, Chih Kai ^a,b,c   Ho, Tin Yun ^a   Li, Tsai Chung ^a   Hsu, Wen Ming ^d,i   Li, Te Mao ^a   Lee, Yu Chen ^a,e   Ho, Wai Jane ^f   Cheng, Juei Tang ^g   Tzeng, Chung Yuh ^h   Liu, I Ting ^c,d   Chang, Shih Liang ^a,f  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MIN SHENG GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

ⁱ TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atropine; Auricular acupoint; Myopia; Randomized controlled clinical trial

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; EYE DROPS;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ECZEMA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OTALGIA; PHOTOPHOBIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACUPRESSURE; ACUPUNCTURE POINTS; ACUPUNCTURE, EAR; ADOLESCENT; ATROPINE; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EYE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 56349115823     PISSN: 09652299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ctim.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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