Acupuncture for treating dry eye: A randomized placebo-controlled trial

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Shin, Mi Suk ^a   Kim, Jong In ^b   Lee, Myeong Soo ^a   Kim, Kun Hyung ^a   Choi, Jun Yong ^c   Kang, Kyung Won ^a   Jung, So Young ^a   Kim, Ae Ran ^a   Kim, Tae Hun ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

acupuncture; dry eye; ocular surface disease index; randomized controlled trials; Schimer I test; sham acupuncture; tear film break up time

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIRMER TEST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TEAR FILM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TEARS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649846454     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.02027.x     Document Type: Article

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