Orthoptics in asthenopia muscularis due to decompensated exophoria.

Asthenopia in Schoolchildren

In dear memory of my mother SUMMARY Asthenopia is a term used to describe different symptoms associated with the use of the eyes, such as pain, blurred vision, diplopia, headaches. Asthenopia is most often reported in association with near vision. Children with asthenopia complain of such symptoms particularly when reading and writing. Asthenopia is often divided into two main categories: refra...

Asthenopia in schoolchildren

OBJECTIVE To assess asthenopia prevalence and associated factors in schoolchildren aged 6-16. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of all children attending the first to eighth grades at two public schools in the urban region of a medium-sized town in Southern Brazil between April and December 2012. A questionnaire on socioeconomic and cultural matters was answered by parents, while the c...

Comparison of Amplitudes of Fusional Vergence in Patients with Asthenopic and Asymptomatic Near Exophoria

Purpose: To compare fusional vergence amplitudes in patients with symptomatic and asymptomatic near exophoria Methods: This cross-sectional study included 102 patients with near exophoria and asthenopia and 86 with asymptomatic near exophoria, all of whom were aged 15-35 years and had best corrected far visual acuity better than 20/25. Far and near fusional vergence amplitudes were evaluated in...

The Practice of Orthoptics

Practical Orthoptics in the Treatment of Squint

SQUINT.?By K. Lyle, M.A., M.D., M.Chir. l^antab.), M.R.C.P. (Lond.), F.R.C.S. (Eng.;, ana S. Jackson. 1937. H. K. Lewis and Company, Limited, London. Pp. xiv plus 211 with 68 illustrations including 5 plates. Price, 12s. 6d. The early treatment of squint by exercises to abnormal retinal correspondence and suppression is perhaps new to many doctors in India. Although some ophthalmologists do not...