Therapeutic Effect of Myopic Acupuncture Combined with Pointer Therapy in Pre-venting and Controlling Low to Moderate Myopia in Children
Objective To investigate the clinical effect of myopic acupuncture combined with pointer therapy in the treatment of children with low and moderate myopia.Methods Eighty-six children with mild and moderate myopia who visited Beijing Tongren Hospital Affiliated to Capital Medical University from January 2020 to October 2022 were selected for this study.They were divided into a control group and an observation groupaccording to the method of random number table,with 43 cases in each group.The control group was given endoscopic therapy,and the observation group was given myopic ac-upuncture combined with pointer therapy in addition to the treatment provided to the control group.After 1 month of treat-ment,the clinical efficacy,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)syndrome score,naked eye vision,diopter,axial lengthof the eye and adjustment amplitude of the two groups were observed and compared.Results After treatment,the total clinical ef-fective rate of the observation group was 93.02%(40/43),significantly higher than the control group's 74.42%(32/43)(P<0.05).The TCM syndrome scores of both groups decreased after treatment compared to before treatment,with a statistically significant difference(P<0.05).Additionally,the observation group's TCM syndrome score was significantly lower than that of the control group(P<0.05).After treatment,the naked eye visual acuity and diopter in both groups were significantly higher than before treatment(P<0.05).Furthermore,the observation group had significantly higher naked eye visual acuity and diopter as compared with the control group(P<0.05).The axial length of the eye and adjustment amplitude in both groups were remarkably elevated after treatment(P<0.05).Additionally,the observation group had a lower increase in axial length and a higher adjustment amplitude than the control group,(P<0.05).Conclusion Myopic acupuncture combined with pointer therapy has significant clinical efficacy in prevention and control of low to moderate myopia of children.
Myopic AcupuncturePointer TherapyLow to Moderate Myopia in ChildrenNaked Eye VisionDiop-terDiopterAxial Lengthof the Eye