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Effects of Ocular Electroacupuncture on Oculomotor Nerve Palsy

Not Applicable
Conditions
Oculomotor Nerve Palsy
Registration Number
NCT03099447
Lead Sponsor
First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to testify the efficacy of treating oculomotor nerve palsy with ocular electroacupuncture or ocular acupuncture, and to compare the efficacy between these two interventions.

Detailed Description

The purpose of the study is to testify whether ocular electroacupuncture or ocular acupuncture is effective for oculomotor nerve palsy (ONP), through treating ONP patient for 6 weeks, using self-invented acupoints according to anatomy of extraocular muscles innervated by oculomotor nerve, and using sham acupuncture as controlled group, and try to provide clinical evidence for promoting these new techniques.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
177
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change from Baseline in Ocular motor nerve function subscale at 6 Weeks6 week

The patient will receive grading of eyelid lifting, eyeball inward, upward and downward moving ability by investigator. A total score will be summed up.The changes from baseline will be recorded.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The quality of life questionnaire for ocular motor nerve palsy6 week

The patients will finish a questionnaire to evaluate their physical and psychological status during this trial.

Angle of diplopia deviation6 week

Patients will receive computerized diplopia test with the guidance from an investigator. The data will be generated by the software automatically.

Eyeball movement distance6 week

The distances of eyeball movement in inward, upward and downward direction and height between eyelids will be measured. The differences between affected and healthy eye will be calculated.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The first affiliated hospital of Harbin Medical University

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Harbin Shi, Heilongjiang, China

The first affiliated hospital of Harbin Medical University
🇨🇳Harbin Shi, Heilongjiang, China
Lingyun Zhou, PhD
Contact
+86 13351113936
no1zhly@163.com
Tiejuan Liu
Contact
+86 13946062207
ltj850722@126.com

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