Vision and Vision-Related Measures in Progressive Multiple Sclerosis

Vision and vision-related outcome measures in multiple sclerosis

Visual impairment is a key manifestation of multiple sclerosis. Acute optic neuritis is a common, often presenting manifestation, but visual deficits and structural loss of retinal axonal and neuronal integrity can occur even without a history of optic neuritis. Interest in vision in multiple sclerosis is growing, partially in response to the development of sensitive visual function tests, stru...

Vision and driving in multiple sclerosis.

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between measures of visual dysfunction and driving performance in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). DESIGN Between-group comparison. SETTING All data were collected in an outpatient research setting. PARTICIPANTS Persons (N=66) with MS of the relapsing remitting type (26 self-reporting visual difficulties; 40 self-reporting no visual difficulties)...

Colour vision abnormalities in multiple sclerosis.

A battery of colour vision tests was employed to evaluate visual function in patients with multiple sclerosis (M.S.). Colour deficits were found in 45% of patients tested with the Ishihara plates and 42.5% of patients tested with the FM 100-Hue test. 65% of M.S. patients failed at least one of the tests. The colour vision deficits were not restricted to patients with optic neuritis or with visu...

Vision in Hyphema

Vision related quality of life in multiple sclerosis: correlation with new measures of low and high contrast letter acuity.

OBJECTIVE To examine the relation between low contrast letter acuity, a new visual function test for multiple sclerosis (MS) trials, and vision targeted health related quality of life (HRQOL). METHODS Patients in this cross sectional study were part of an ongoing investigation of visual function in MS. Patients were tested binocularly using low contrast letter acuity and Early Treatment Diabe...