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Individual optimization of functional treatment in the cases of impaired binocular vision

© 2015 G. I. Rozhkova1,2, S. I. Rychkova2, M. A. Gracheva1,2, H. P. Tahchidi1

1Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov 117997, Moscow, ul.Ostrovitjanova 1
2Institute for Information Transmission Problems (Kharkevich Institute), RAS 127994 Moscow, B.Karetny per., 19

Received 15 May 2015

The paper presents comparative analysis of the results obtained in the course of functional treatment aimed at development of binocular fusion and accommodation in subjects with impaired binocular vision and refractive anomalies. The subjects include patients with convergent strabismus accompanied by hypermetropia and divergent strabismus accompanied by myopia. The effect of training was assessed calculating the difference in the values of binocular visual acuity and accommodation measured before and after the treatment. The measurements were performed at three observation distances: 0.5, 1.0 and 5.0 m. In a majority of subjects, the greatest improvement of visual acuity as a result of training was revealed for the distance 1.0 m independently of the type of strabismus and refractive anomaly, however, individual results varied significantly. The average increase in binocular accommodation volume was approximately the same for all distances but the extreme individual values differed more than twice. To obtain progress, each subject was given individual optical correction changing systematically during the course of training. In particular, at the beginning of treatment, in binocular viewing conditions, the subjects usually needed hypercorrection of refraction, the power of the optimal lens being 3–4 D larger than the optimal power for monocular conditions. The revealed dependence of the positive effect on conditions of training and on individual characteristics of the subjects’ vision allow some general and particular recommendations concerning optimization of treatment procedures.

Key words: binocular vision, fusion, accommodation, visual acuity, functional correction, individual variability

Cite: Rozhkova G. I., Rychkova S. I., Gracheva M. A., Tahchidi H. P. Individualnaya optimizatsiya funktsionalnoi korrektsii narushennogo binokulyarnogo zreniya [Individual optimization of functional treatment in the cases of impaired binocular vision]. Sensornye sistemy [Sensory systems]. 2015. V. 29(4). P. 341-353 (in Russian).

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