title: [Reflex therapy, massage, and manual therapy in the treatment of progressive myopia in children and adolescents].
abstract: The paper describes the methods and results of multimodality treatment for progressive myopia in children and adolescents, by applying acupuncture, massage, and manual therapy. Thirty-three patients aged 7 to 17 years who had progressive myopia of 0.5 to 10.8 diopters were treated by an original procedure as repeated courses. Their follow-up lasted 2 years. A beneficial therapeutic effect as increases in uncorrected and subcorrected visual acuity, ocular accommodation reserves, and myopia regression rates was observed in 64% of the patients. Two-year myopia stabilization was achieved in 45% of cases. There were neither complications nor side effects. The possible mechanism of the remedial effect of the procedure is discussed in the paper.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Neroev
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Chuvilina
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Tarutta
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Ivanov
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008405:Massage; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations; D009216:Myopia / Q000628:therapy*; D012028:Reflexotherapy; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity