Efficacy of Chinese eye exercises on reducing accommodative lag in school-aged children: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate the efficacy of Chinese eye exercises on reducing accommodative lag in children by a randomized, double-blinded controlled trial.

Methods

A total of 190 children aged 10 to 14 years with emmetropia to moderate myopia were included. They were randomly allocated to three groups: standard Chinese eye exercises group (trained for eye exercises by doctors of traditional Chinese medicine); sham point eye exercises group (instructed to massage on non-acupoints); and eyes closed group (asked to close their eyes without massage). Primary outcome was change in accommodative lag immediately after intervention. Secondary outcomes included changes in corrected near and distant visual acuity, and visual discomfort score.

Results

Children in the standard Chinese

SUBMITTER: Li SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4350838 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature