Vision therapy/orthoptics for symptomatic convergence insufficiency in children: Treatment kinetics

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 593-603

  Scheiman, Mitchell ^a   Kulp, Marjean Taylor ^b   Cotter, Susan ^c   Mitchell, G Lynn ^b   Gallaway, Michael ^a   Boas, Mark ^a   Coulter, Rachel ^d   Hopkins, Kristine ^e   Tamkins, Susanna ^f  

^a SALUS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

asthenopia; computer vergence accommodative therapy; convergence insufficiency; exophoria; eyestrain; orthoptics; pencil push ups; placebo therapy; school children; symptom survey; vergence accommodative therapy; vision therapy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL SIGNS; EXOPHORIA; GROUP DIFFERENCES; ORTHOPTICS; RANDOMIZED CLINICAL TRIALS; VERGENCES; VISION THERAPY;

SURVEYS;

REINFORCEMENT;

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPTICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; KINETICS; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; OFFICE VISITS; ORTHOPTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955469201     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181e61bad     Document Type: Article

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