A Retrospective Study of the Effects of Ocular Acupuncture on Ocular Motor Nerve Palsy

Harbin Medical University

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Trochlear Nerve Palsy

Oculomotor Nerve Palsy

Abducens Nerve Paralysis

Treatments

Other: Ocular acupuncture

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03461809

20180204

Details and patient eligibility

About

This retrospective observational study is designed to assess the response to treatment with ocular acupuncture and its relative factors, in terms of diplopia status, ocular motility differences, and clinical features, in ocular motor nerve palsy patients. During this study, a retrospective data collection will be carried out using the information contained in the medical record of aimed patients, provided that the treatment with ocular acupuncture.

Enrollment

900 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Age over 18 years old
Patient who received at lease 1 times of ocular acupuncture treatment
Patient who received full set of ophthalmology & neurology assessment pre- and post-treatment.

Exclusion criteria

patient who combined with extraocular muscles diseases, eg.thyroid eye disease
patient who underwent periocular surgery
patient who combined with congenital ocular motor nerve palsy, eg. Brown syndrome.
patient who had untreated condition which may lead to ocular motor nerve palsy such as intracranial aneurysm and brain tumor.