Introduction by G. W. Black andJ. Foster.-The forward movement of orthoptic technique between 1925 and 1935 depended on a re-appreciation of the importance of anomalous retinal correspondence, measured by the improved synoptophores then available. Before this, many patients had been wasting their time on unsupervised divergence exercises. In this decade Ciippers's discovery of the high percenta...

PURPOSE To report the effectiveness of various forms of vision therapy/orthoptics in improving accommodative amplitude and facility in children with symptomatic convergence insufficiency (CI) and co-existing accommodative dysfunction. METHODS In a randomized clinical trial, 221 children aged 9 to 17 years with symptomatic CI were assigned to one of four treatments. Of the enrolled children, 1...

Although it is common clinical knowledge that oculomotor control appears to normalize during the course of successful orthoptics therapy for amblyopia, reports providing a quantitative analysis of eye movements during extended periods of treatment are lacking. We provide for the first time such a report in an adult amblyope. Aspects of eye movement control that tended to normalize with therapy ...

Convergence Insufficiency (CI) is a common non-strabismic binocular vision disorder in children and adults. Optometrists and ophthalmologists diagnose this condition but approach the treatment options differently. Surveys have been conducted and the general consensus even among the two professions, varies. Behavioral optometrists evaluate the patient and prescribe lenses, prisms and vision ther...

the orthoptic department to think that it will still occur. In one other case there is no possibility of it occurring. Single binocular vision also occurred unexpectedly in two cosmetic cases after operation. As the conjunctiva was completely detached from the muscle before advancement or resection, and carefully, replaced in its original position afterwards, it is difficult to believe it has a...

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The natural course of intermittent exotropia and the factors affecting its control has been unclear. We aim to report the natural course of our cohort of 117 Chinese children with intermittent exotropia and to identify baseline parameters that may have predictive value in the control deterioration of the disease. The visual acuity, spherical equivalent, compliance to orthoptic exercise, angle o...