title: [Randomized controlled study on acupuncture for treatment of diabetic paralytic squint].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe clinical therapeutic effect of acupuncture on diabetic paralytic squint.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-two cases of diabetic paralytic squint were randomly divided into a medication group, an acupuncture group and an acupuncture and medication group. The medication group were treated with intramuscular injection of Methyl vitamin B12 250 microg, once daily; the acupuncture group were treated by acupuncture at different acupoints according to different paralytic muscles of eyes with adjuvant acupoints selected according to symptoms; the acupuncture and medication group were treated with the routine medicine and acupuncture. The treatment was given for 28 days.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The total effective rate of 87. 5% in the acupuncture group and 95.7% in the acupuncture and medication group were higher than 54.5% in the medication group (P < 0.05, P < 0.01), with no significant difference between the acupuncture group and the acupuncture and medication group (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acupuncture has a definite therapeutic effect on diabetic paralytic squint, which is better than that of routine medication.
authors.affiliation: Endocrinology-Metabolism Department, Affiliated Cangzhou Traditional-Western Medicine Combination Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Cangzhou 061001, China. cztianfsh@sina.com
authors.forename: Feng-Sheng
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Wei-Guo
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Hui-Li
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Hong-Mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Duan
authors.forename: Xiu-Hai
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Xiao-Yun
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Wen-Dong
authors.initials: WD
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000328:Adult; D003928:Diabetic Nephropathies / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D013285:Strabismus / Q000628:therapy*