Effects of Acupoint Massage Around Eyes on Ocular Biological Indexes

Zhongnan Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Investigating the Effects of Periocular Acupressure on Ocular Biological Indicators

Treatments: Other: acupressure

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06293196

20231107

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate whether the acupoint eye exercise could impact the biological parameters of the eye.

Enrollment: 55 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy people of all ages

Exclusion criteria

• presence of systemic diseases
• history of other eye diseases, surgeries, and/or medications, as well as eye trauma
• incomplete healing of the surgical site after eye surgery
• consumption of coffee, tea, or vasodilators within 6 hours before the commencement of the test
• exclusion of children, pregnant, and lactating women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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55 participants in 4 patient groups

standard Chinese acupoint eye exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

The volunteers performed a set of standard Chinese acupoint eye health exercises.

Treatment:

Other: acupressure

fake acupoint eye exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

Volunteers performed a group of fake acupoint eye health exercises, the acupoint design in the place without acupoints.

Treatment:

Other: acupressure

simple eye closure group

No Intervention group

Description:

The volunteers only closed their eyes and did not perform acupressure.

simple distance observation group

No Intervention group

Description:

The volunteers only looked far without acupressure.