Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
Major ArticlePerformance of strabismic subjects using a validated surgical training module: A pilot study
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Subjects and Methods
This study, which was approved by the Albany Medical Center Institutional Review Board, conformed to the requirements of the U.S. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Informed consent was obtained for all participants. Fourteen adult patients with strabismus (cases) were recruited from our practices. An equal number of age-matched controls were recruited from their families and from the community. All patients with strabismus had undergone eye muscle surgery in childhood and all
Results
The mean age of cases was 34.8 years, with a range of 15 to 51 years. Controls had a mean age of 37.8 years, with a range of 14 to 56 years. The ages were statistically indistinguishable (p = 0.55). There were 6 females and 8 males among the cases and 8 females and 6 males among the controls.
The mean of the best 5 times for each individual was calculated and used for all further analysis. These mean values varied widely among cases (50.8 to 151.4 seconds) and controls (43.2 to 129 seconds),
Discussion
Many patients, and their parents, are concerned that childhood strabismus and poor stereopsis may exclude their future participation in a variety of endeavors involving hand-eye coordination. A career in surgery is a prominent example.13, 14
There are relatively few data comparing hand-eye coordination in subjects with poor stereopsis to those with normal stereopsis. Various reports have included children with strabismus,15, 16, 17 adults with childhood-onset strabismus, adults with longstanding
Literature Search
A MEDLINE search of the literature was performed using the terms binocularity OR stereopsis AND dexterity OR fine motor. A total of 1,810 items were reviewed. All articles of interest were available in English.
Acknowledgments
We thank Ashar Ata for his help with statistical analysis and the Sight Society of Northeastern New York for their financial support.
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Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, San Francisco, California, April 17-21, 2009.
Financial support: There is no financial conflict of interest to report.
This study was conducted at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York.