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Original Research

The short-term effect of acupuncture on different ocular blood flow parameters in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma: a randomized, clinical study

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Pages 1285-1291 | Published online: 19 Jul 2018

Figures & data

Figure 1 Needling points in the eye-specific acupuncture scheme and the non-eye-specific acupuncture scheme in POAG patients.

Abbreviation: POAG, primary open-angle glaucoma.
Figure 1 Needling points in the eye-specific acupuncture scheme and the non-eye-specific acupuncture scheme in POAG patients.

Figure 2 Illustration of needling points in the eye-specific acupuncture scheme and the eye-unspecific acupuncture scheme in primary open-angle glaucoma patients.

Figure 2 Illustration of needling points in the eye-specific acupuncture scheme and the eye-unspecific acupuncture scheme in primary open-angle glaucoma patients.

Table 1 Baseline and clinical data in group I and group II

Table 2 Ocular blood flow parameters before and after acupuncture in group I (eye-specific acupuncture group) and group II (eye-unspecific acupuncture group)

Figure 3 POBF (µL/min) in the eye-unspecific acupuncture group (black column) and in the eye-specific acupuncture group (shaded column).

Abbreviation: POBF, pulsatile ocular blood flow.
Figure 3 POBF (µL/min) in the eye-unspecific acupuncture group (black column) and in the eye-specific acupuncture group (shaded column).