Myopia
Conditions
Keywords
Myopia, Children, Acupressure, Refractive error, Axial length, Korean medicine
Brief summary
Myopia is widely one of the three commonly detected refractive errors. Myopia is usually managed by correction through glasses or contact lenses. Other alternative available include surgery, drugs and acupuncture. There are various therapeutic approaches and different points can be used in acupuncture treatment for myopia, such as auricular acupuncture, acupressure body acupuncture. However, the mechanism of acupuncture therapy for myopia is largely unknown. Furthermore, little information exists regarding the effects and safety of acupuncture for degenerative myopia in children. The investigators aimed to assess the overall effectiveness, safety of periocular acupressure for children with myopia The hypotheses of this study are as follows: Periocular acupressure is effective for myopia progression delay. The study aims to include 56 participants.
Interventions
DEVICEmassager
The patients will be doing self-stimulation using acupressure device, The acupuncture treatment will be applied two times per day for six months. Acupressure divice will stimulate for 14 minutes. Examples of acupuncture points to be used might include GB1, GB14, TE23, ST1, ST2, BL01, BL02, the Extra-point Tae-yang, In-dang.
Sponsors
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
Korean Medicine Hospital of Pusan National University
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
7 Years to 12 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Aged 7-12 years * Spherical equivalent greater than -5D * Individuals without strabismus, anistopia * Willingness to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* The presence of a related disease such as cataract, glaucoma, or other eye disease. * Individuals who were received ocular or scalp trauma. * Individuals who were received ocular surgery and had ocular wound. * Individuals who were adapted bifocal lense. * Individuals suffering fever or bad conditions. * Individuals suffering systemic or neurologic disease. * Indibiduals who were receiving other therapy during the period of study * Individuals who did not comply with the treatment which affected myopia progression.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Refractive error | 6 months | Change from baseline in the refractive erros will be used. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Axial length | 6 months | Change from baseline in the axial length will be used. |
Countries
South Korea
Outcome results
None listed