Acupuncture in the treatment of Graves' ophthalmopathy. A blinded randomized study
Item
Title
Acupuncture in the treatment of Graves' ophthalmopathy. A blinded randomized study
Author(s)
Date
1991
volume
124(2)
pages
143-145
Research Type
RCT
Keywords
Abstract
Seventeen patients with Graves' ophthalmopathy, all euthyroid for at least one year, were included in a blinded trial to test the effect of acupuncture twice a week during two months on the eye disease, assessed by an ophthalmologist and computed tomography of the eye muscle volume. No significant change was found in eye muscle volume, Hertel measure, palpebral aperture, intraocular pressure, Hess chart, nor was there any statistically significant improvement of the irritative conjunctival symptoms
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has health condition studied
Eye Diseases
plan
>1/WK
has study population number
17
has duration
8 Weeks