Preliminary results of a physiologically based treatment of amblyopia

Br J Ophthalmol. 1978 Nov;62(11):748-55. doi: 10.1136/bjo.62.11.748.

Abstract

An apparatus has been developed in which high-contrast square-wave gratings are rotated in front of the amblyopic eye while the child is performing some task requiring visual concentration. In the course of three 7-minute treatments 73% of patients treated achieved 6/12 or better; 75% of these patients had previously undertaken conventional or minimal occlusion.

MeSH terms

  • Amblyopia / complications
  • Amblyopia / therapy*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Distance Perception*
  • Humans
  • Ophthalmology / instrumentation
  • Strabismus / complications
  • Visual Acuity*