Results of Biostatistical Study of the Management of Suppression Amblyopia by Intensive Pleoptics Versus Conventional Patching

Fletcher, Mary C.; Abbott, Walter P.; Girard, Louis; Guber, Donald; Silverman, Sheppy J.; Tomlinson, Evelyn; Boyd, Jeanette

doi:10.1080/0065955x.1969.11981546

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“…Typically, pleoptic treatments have to be performed several times a week in order to effectively enhance the effects elicited by occlusion therapy. Most practitioners, however, have found pleoptics to be no better than standard occlusion therapy (VerLee and Iacobucci, 1967; Fletcher et al, 1969). Another proposed active procedure was the so called CAM treatment (Campbell, 1968), consisting in a high contrast square wave grating that rotates slowly, at about one revolution per minute.…”

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Treatment of amblyopia in the adult: insights from a new rodent model of visual perceptual learning

Bonaccorsi

Berardi

Sale

2014

Front. Neural Circuits

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Amblyopia is the most common form of impairment of visual function affecting one eye, with a prevalence of about 1–5% of the total world population. Amblyopia usually derives from conditions of early functional imbalance between the two eyes, owing to anisometropia, strabismus, or congenital cataract, and results in a pronounced reduction of visual acuity and severe deficits in contrast sensitivity and stereopsis. It is widely accepted that, due to a lack of sufficient plasticity in the adult brain, amblyopia becomes untreatable after the closure of the critical period in the primary visual cortex. However, recent results obtained both in animal models and in clinical trials have challenged this view, unmasking a previously unsuspected potential for promoting recovery even in adulthood. In this context, non invasive procedures based on visual perceptual learning, i.e., the improvement in visual performance on a variety of simple visual tasks following practice, emerge as particularly promising to rescue discrimination abilities in adult amblyopic subjects. This review will survey recent work regarding the impact of visual perceptual learning on amblyopia, with a special focus on a new experimental model of perceptual learning in the amblyopic rat.

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Treatment of amblyopia in the adult: insights from a new rodent model of visual perceptual learning

Bonaccorsi

Berardi

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2014

Front. Neural Circuits

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Grating Visual Acuity With Teller Cards Compared With Snellen Visual Acuity in Literate Patients

Kushner¹

1995

Arch Ophthalmol

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Interventions for stimulus deprivation amblyopia

Hatt

Antonio-Santos

Powell

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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Background Stimulus deprivation amblyopia (SDA) develops due to an obstruction to the passage of light, preventing clear formation of an image on the retina (e.g. cataract, ptosis). It is particularly severe and can be resistant to treatment, leading to poor visual prognosis. Precise estimates of SDA prevalence are difficult to come by but it probably constitutes less than 3% of all amblyopia cases. In developed countries, most patients present under the age of one; in less developed parts of the world, presentation is likely to be significantly later than this. The mainstay of treatment is occlusion of the better-seeing eye, but regimens vary, can be difficult to execute and are traditionally believed to lead to disappointing results. Objectives The objectives of this review were to evaluate the effectiveness of occlusion treatment for SDA, to establish the optimum treatment regimen, to determine the factors that may affect outcome, and to identify realistic treatment goals. Search methods We searched the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials-CENTRAL (which contains the Cochrane Eyes and Vision Group Trials Register

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Results of Biostatistical Study of the Management of Suppression Amblyopia by Intensive Pleoptics Versus Conventional Patching

Cited by 19 publications

References 4 publications

Treatment of amblyopia in the adult: insights from a new rodent model of visual perceptual learning

Treatment of amblyopia in the adult: insights from a new rodent model of visual perceptual learning

Grating Visual Acuity With Teller Cards Compared With Snellen Visual Acuity in Literate Patients

Interventions for stimulus deprivation amblyopia

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