Vergence insufficiency is frequent in many populations including children with vertigo in the absence of measurable vestibular dysfunction. Orthoptic exercises are typically used to improve vergence and the clinical practice suggests that simple repetition of vergence movements improves it. Objective eye movement recordings were used to asses the dynamics and spatial-temporal properties of conv...

Abstract Background Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most daunting issues to modern therapeutics, with a higher mortality rate post-diagnosis. Temozolomide (TMZ) only available treatment; however, frequent resistance leaves oncologists at dead end. Therefore, new approaches circumvent GBM are highly desired. We have employed TiO 2 nanosticks loaded TMZ as nanomedicine for TMZ-resista...

Purpose: To evaluate ocular motility (OM) abnormalities associated with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). Materials and methods: In this cross-sectional observational study, patients EDS underwent a complete orthoptic examination. The following tests were performed: corneal light reflex test, stereoscopic cover OM assessment, evaluation of eye pain in different gaze positions red filter test for di...

[TOP] Office-based vergence/accommodative therapy may be considered medically necessary for patients with symptomatic convergence insufficiency if, following a minimum of 12 weeks of home-based therapy (e.g., push-up exercises using an accommodative target; push-up exercises with additional base-out prisms; jump to near convergence exercises; stereogram convergence exercises; recession from a t...

DURING the last two centuries the treatment of amblyopia ex anopsia in cases of strabismus has made considerable progress. One of the earliest forms of treatment was occlusion of the fixing eye. This was first carried out by Buffon (1743), who also showed the need for correction of the refractive error by means of spectacles. More than a century later, Javal (1896) thought that squint was prima...

In dear memory of my mother SUMMARY Asthenopia is a term used to describe different symptoms associated with the use of the eyes, such as pain, blurred vision, diplopia, headaches. Asthenopia is most often reported in association with near vision. Children with asthenopia complain of such symptoms particularly when reading and writing. Asthenopia is often divided into two main categories: refra...