Clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture in controlling myopia in children and its influence on retinal blood flow

• Published in: Journal of acupuncture and tuina science 2022-06, Vol.20 (3), p.229-235
• Main Authors: Han, Rong, Wang, Xuejun, Kong, Xiehe, Zhang, Xiaopeng, Cao, Yaojiani, Lu, Yunqiong, Liu, Li, Zhou, Xingtao, Zhao, Feng, Ma, Xiaopeng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acupuncture; Clinical Study; Electroacupuncture; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health
• ISSN: 1672-3597; 1993-0399
• DOI: 10.1007/s11726-022-1317-5

Objective To observe the clinical efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) in controlling myopia in children and its effect on retinal blood flow. Methods Sixty-eight myopic children were randomly divided into an observation group and a control group, with 34 cases in each group. The control group was given auricular acupressure treatment alone, and the observation group was treated with EA once a week in addition to the treatment used in the control group. The spherical equivalent refraction (SER) and axial length (AL) were measured at baseline, and after 3 months and 6 months of treatment. Optical coherence tomography angiography was used to measure the vessel density (VD) and perfusion density (PD) in the surface layer of the retina. Results After 3 months and 6 months of treatment, the changes in SER between the two groups were not statistically significant ( P >0.05). After 3 months of treatment, the changes in AL between the two groups were not statistically significant ( P >0.05); after 6 months of treatment, the change amount of AL in the observation group was smaller than that in the control group ( P