Orthoptics
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Neuromuscular plasticity and rehabilitation of the ocular near response.

29 Jun 2009 The near response is composed of cross-coupled interactions between convergence and other distance-related oculomotor responses including accommodation, vertical vergence, and cyclovergence. The cross-coupling interactions are analogous to the body ... Read more...

Poor postural stability in children with vertigo and vergence abnormalities.

4 May 2009 PURPOSE: An earlier study suggested that deficits of vergence can influence postural control via the efferent and afferent proprioceptive signals. In this study, postural control in 28 children with vertigo with normal vestibular function but with ... Read more...

Improving visual skills: II-remote assessment via Internet.

30 Jan 2009 BACKGROUND: Even though poor readers often have poor visual skills, such as binocular coordination and oculomotor control, students' visual skills are rarely assessed. Computer assessments have the potential to assist in identifying students whose ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Orthoptics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Response to editorial about the convergence insufficiency treatment trial. 30 Aug 2009
• Neuromuscular plasticity and rehabilitation of the ocular near response. 29 Jun 2009
• Poor postural stability in children with vertigo and vergence abnormalities. 4 May 2009
• Improving visual skills: II-remote assessment via Internet. 30 Jan 2009
• Paradoxical fusion of two images and depth perception with a squinting eye. 22 Jan 2009
• Effectiveness of placebo therapy for maintaining masking in a clinical trial of vergence/accommodative therapy. 15 Jan 2009
• Speed and accuracy of saccades, vergence and combined eye movements in subjects with strabismus before and after eye surgery. 8 Jan 2009
• [Therapeutic schedule in ambliopia--experience of Eye Clinic Cluj] 30 Dec 2008
• A critical evaluation of the evidence supporting the practice of behavioural vision therapy. 30 Dec 2008
• Proceedings of the XI International Orthoptic Congress. Antwerp, Belgium. May 2008. 30 Dec 2008
• Proceedings of the XI International Orthoptic Congress in Antwerp, Belgium, May 2008. 30 Dec 2008
• Preface for the Proceedings of the XI International Orthoptic Congress in Anwerp, May 2008. 30 Dec 2008
• Provision and cost of children's and young people's eye services in the UK: findings from a single primary care trust. 17 Dec 2008
• Successful academy annual meeting in Anaheim: academy welcomes a new president. 30 Oct 2008
• Human error in strabismus surgery: quantification with a sensitivity analysis. 23 Oct 2008
• Treatment options for symptomatic convergence insufficiency. 29 Sep 2008
• Randomized clinical trial of treatments for symptomatic convergence insufficiency in children. 29 Sep 2008
• Preferred clinical practice in convergence insufficiency in India: a survey. 29 Jun 2008
• Comparison of the visual effects of Fresnel prisms in normal and amblyopic eyes. 15 Jun 2008
• Early detection of Best's disease in childhood due to ineffective orthoptic treatment. 29 Apr 2008

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Technical information about 'Orthoptics'

Definition: The study and treatment of defects in binocular vision resulting from defects in the optic musculature or of faulty visual habits. It involves a technique of eye exercises designed to correct the visual axes of eyes not properly coordinated for binocular vision.

Descriptor UI: D009988

Alternative terms: Orthoptics; Orthoptic; Pleoptics; Pleoptic;

Related Mesh Headings: Strabismus;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: E02.730; H02.573;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; X ref PLEOPTICS is seen in foreign lit