Effect of acupoint transcutaneus electrical nerve stimulation(ATENS) on stereoacuity in amblyopic children patients / 中华中医药杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective: To observe the effect of ATENS on distance and near vision and stereopsis in amblyopic children patients.Methods: 80 eyes from 70 patients with amblyopia were randomly divided into two groups: the group of ATENS and the group of western medicine.The difference of distance,near vision and stereopsis before and after treatment and between two groups after treatment were observed.Results: Distance and near vision improved and stereopsis diminished significantly after treatment in the TENS group and the western medicine group(P0.05).The curative effect and improving stereopsis in the western medicine group were better than that in the TENS group(P