Binocular Vision Disorder, Eye; Movement Disorder (Binocular), Vision Disorders, Vision Therapy
Conditions
Keywords
Vergence, Vision Therapy, Binocular Vision
Brief summary
A vision therapy protocol for vergence ability is mentioned. The purpose of this study is to evaluate objectively the change in the vergence responses of binocular and accommodative normal subjects after performing a classic vision therapy protocol. This study is an interventional, cross-over, and randomized study.
Detailed description
After the first evaluation, subjects will be classified in the Experimental Group (EG) or Control Group (CG) randomly. There will be 18 subjects in each group. A classic vision therapy protocol for fusional vergence will be performed in the EG and the CG will be doing a placebo therapy, based on studies done before. The EG will do weekly office-based therapy of 45 minutes during 12 weeks and the CG will do weekly office-based placebo therapy of 15 minutes during 12 weeks. This placebo therapy will consist of smooth-pursuit and discrimination exercises that do not influence vergence response. The office-based done by the EG consists of a vergence therapy and its protocol will follow Scheiman's indications protocol. This vision therapy will train both positive and negative fusional vergence amplitudes in the same proportion. A pre-evaluation, a during evaluation, and a post-evaluation will be done at weeks 1, 6, and 12 respectively to all subjects. After the post-evaluation week, the CG will do 12 weeks more of office-based therapy but, this group will do the same conventional vergence protocol as EG. The CG will be evaluated at week 18, and finally, at week 24. During the evaluations, the vergence eye movements will be measured during the positive and negative fusional vergence tests. The break and the recovery points will be evaluated to all the subjects with three different methods performed in a randomized order: (1) objective computer-based test in the haploscopic system, (2) prism bar, and (3) phoropter rotary prisms. All these tests will be performed at 40 cm with a classic central visual target. This study aims to evaluate objectively the change in the vergence responses of binocular and accommodative normal subjects after performing a classic vision therapy protocol.
Interventions
OTHERExperimental: Classical Vision Therapy Treatment
Do classical vision therapy treatment for improve vergence
OTHERControl: Eye Movement Therapy Treatment
Do eye movement therapy treatment in order not to improve vergence
Sponsors
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Normal binocular and accommodative subjects will participate in the study. All subjects have to fulfill the inclusion criteria. All evaluations will consist of the following objective and subjective optometric tests, which will be executed for all participants. 1. Monocular and binocular VA at near and distance with their habitual correction 2. Refractive error measured with the Grand Seiko WAM-5500 Autorefractor 3. Cover Test at near (40 cm) 4. Near Point of Accommodation 5. Near Point of Convergence 6. Vergence Facility Test at near (40 cm) 7. Monocular and binocular Accommodation Facility Test at near (40 cm) 8. Negative and Positive Relative Accommodation Test (ARN and ARP) 9. Random Dot 2 Stereo acuity Test 10. CISS questionnaire 11. Fusional Vergence Amplitude using both subjective and objective methods
Exclusion criteria
* having eye surgery * having an eye pathology * having a binocular or an accommodative disorder * using orto-K lenses
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Objective vergence response: To evaluate objectively the change in positive and negative fusional vergence at near of binocularly and accommodative normal subjects after performing a vision therapy | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | It is measured objectively with an haparoscopic setup and eye movements were recorded with an Eyelink 1000 Plus (SR Research) at 500Hz. Firstly, stimulus disparity changed smoothly at 1PD/s up to 45PD for both divergence (BI) and convergence (BO), mimicking a Risley prism. Secondly, the disparity was changed in steps of 2PD mimicking a prism bar. Break and recovery points were determined offline using a custom Matlab code for the analysis of eye movements. Measurements will be compared before and after the therapy treatment. |
| Subjective vergence response: To evaluate objectively the change in positive and negative fusional vergence at near of binocularly and accommodative normal subjects after performing a vision therapy | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | It is evaluated with the clinical methods measured subjectively using the Risley prism of the phoropter and the Prism Bar. Measurements will be compared before and after the therapy treatment. |
Countries
Spain
Outcome results
None listed