Treatment of Amblyopia in Older Children

Hunter, David G.

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“…The results of Scheiman et al. (2005d) have attracted criticism on these grounds and a considerable debate has followed their publication (Hunter, 2005a,b; Phillips, 2006; Scheiman et al. , 2006).…”

Section: Behavioural Approaches To the Treatment Of Strabismus And Ammentioning

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A critical evaluation of the evidence supporting the practice of behavioural vision therapy

Barrett

2008

Ophthalmic Physiologic Optic

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In 2000, the UKÕs College of Optometrists commissioned a report to critically evaluate the theory and practice of behavioural optometry. The report which followed Jennings (2000; Behavioural optometry -a critical review. Optom. Pract. 1: 67) concluded that there was a lack of controlled clinical trials to support behavioural management strategies. The purpose of this report was to evaluate the evidence in support of behavioural approaches as it stands in 2008. The available evidence was reviewed under 10 headings, selected because they represent patient groups/conditions that behavioural optometrists are treating, or because they represent approaches to treatment that have been advocated in the behavioural literature. The headings selected were: (1) vision therapy for accommodation/vergence disorders; (2) the underachieving child; (3) prisms for near binocular disorders and for producing postural change; (4) near point stress and low-plus prescriptions; (5) use of low-plus lenses at near to slow the progression of myopia; (6) therapy to reduce myopia; (7) behavioural approaches to the treatment of strabismus and amblyopia; (8) training central and peripheral awareness and syntonics; (9) sports vision therapy; (10) neurological disorders and neurorehabilitation after trauma/stroke. There is a continued paucity of controlled trials in the literature to support behavioural optometry approaches. Although there are areas where the available evidence is consistent with claims made by behavioural optometrists (most notably in relation to the treatment of convergence insufficiency, the use of yoked prisms in neurological patients, and in vision rehabilitation after brain disease/injury), a large majority of behavioural management approaches are not evidence-based, and thus cannot be advocated.

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Section: Behavioural Approaches To the Treatment Of Strabismus And Ammentioning

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A critical evaluation of the evidence supporting the practice of behavioural vision therapy

Barrett

2008

Ophthalmic Physiologic Optic

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“…В современной распространенной практике основными методами лечения являются очковая коррекция, соответствующая клинической рефракции, прямая окклюзия лучше видящего глаза, засветы сетчатки по Э.С. Аветисову, фотостимуляция сетчатки [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. Авторы отмечали улучшение остроты зрения после фотостимуляции в основном при слабой степени амблиопии в 50-87% случаев.…”

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Modern methods of treatment of amblyopia

Dolzhich

Aslamazova

2018

Vestn. oftal'mol.

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Throughout the history of pediatric ophthalmology, pathophysiological state has always played an important role. It's characterized by reduced central vision, often paired with disruption of binocular vision, which is interpreted as amblyopia. Central vision is necessary for social integration, so its disorders cause great quality of life changes in patients limiting their professional activities and complicating everyday life. Despite large number of proposed methods of treatment, amblyopia still remains a pressing problem and its prevalence has not changed significantly over the years.

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“…Also, recent work has indicated that occlusion enhances binocularity more than penalization (13,14), and that more intensive patching may be needed in children with better levels of vision in order to re-establish bifoveal fixation (15). The conclusions indicating that lower intensities of patching are as effective as full time regimes (8) might be too optimistic (16) and have some limitations (17,18). In some countries these studies have drawn much attention from the lay press to the point where this publicity appears to play an important role in influencing parent treatment preferences (19).…”

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Continuous Full-Time Occlusion of the Sound Eye Vs Full-Time Occlusion of the Sound Eye Periodically Alternating with Occlusion of the Amblyopic Eye in Treatment of Amblyopia: A Prospective Randomized Study

Stanković¹,

Milenković²

2007

European Journal of Ophthalmology

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It can be concluded that in clinically monitored parameters both treatment modalities were equally effective without any statistical or clinical significance in the observed groups of patients. However, events like the ""trade-off"" effect, occurrence of occlusion amblyopia, or prolongation of PVEP latency of the sound eye indicate that full-time continuous occlusion possibly presents a more effective form of treatment.

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Treatment of Amblyopia in Older Children

Cited by 11 publications

References 12 publications

A critical evaluation of the evidence supporting the practice of behavioural vision therapy

A critical evaluation of the evidence supporting the practice of behavioural vision therapy

Modern methods of treatment of amblyopia

Continuous Full-Time Occlusion of the Sound Eye Vs Full-Time Occlusion of the Sound Eye Periodically Alternating with Occlusion of the Amblyopic Eye in Treatment of Amblyopia: A Prospective Randomized Study

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