Vision therapy in adults with convergence insufficiency: Clinical and functional magnetic resonance imaging measures

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Alvarez, Tara L ^a   Vicci, Vincent R ^b,c   Alkan, Yelda ^a   Kim, Eun H ^a   Gohel, Suril ^a,d   Barrett, Anna M ^e   Chiaravalloti, Nancy ^f   Biswal, Bharat B ^d  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION   (United States)

^c New Jersey Medical School University Heights ^*

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^f NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain stem; cerebellum; convergence insufficiency; dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; frontal eye fields; prediction; supplementary eye field; traumatic brain injury; vergence; vision therapy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONVERGENCE INSUFFICIENCY; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL EYE FIELDS; PREDICTION; SUPPLEMENTARY EYE FIELD; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; VERGENCES; VISION THERAPY;

BINOCULAR VISION; EYE MOVEMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESONANCE; SPEED CONTROL; VELOCITY;

BRAIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPTICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRABISMUS; TIME;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; ORTHOPTICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STRABISMUS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650616005     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181fef1aa     Document Type: Conference Paper

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