Improvement in impaired ocular accommodation by parietal acupoint therapy to relieve neck stiffness: a case report
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Naoki Aoyama
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Hiroshi Aso
Abstract
Objectives
Neck stiffness could lead to impaired ocular accommodation. We report two cases that visual function was improved by relieving neck stiffness.
Case presentation
(Case 1) A 34-year-old female complained of neck stiffness and visual problems after computer work. She was treated by parietal acupoint therapy (PAPT), which is a new scalp micro-acupuncture system. The evaluation of accommodative micro-fluctuations (the Fk-map) showed that increased bilateral ciliary muscle tension in the middle to near distance was relieved bilaterally, accompanied by relief of neck stiffness after treatment. (Case 2) A 43-year-old female complained of a visual problem with pressure pain on the bilateral posterior cervical muscles. Performing with PAPT improved impaired ciliary muscle tension noticeably with relief of neck stiffness after treatment.
Conclusions
This is the first report on the improvement of impaired ocular accommodation with treating neck stiffness by using PAPT.
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank Enago (www.enago.jp) for the English language editing.
Research funding: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.
Declaration of conflicting interest: No conflict of interest.
Informed consent: All enrolled participants provided written informed consent to participate in the study.
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