Long-term effectiveness of treatments for symptomatic convergence insufficiency in children.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the long-term stability of improvements in symptoms and signs in 9- to 17-year-old children enrolled in the Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial who were asymptomatic after treatment for convergence insufficiency.

Methods

Seventy-nine patients who were asymptomatic after a 12-week therapy program for convergence insufficiency were followed for 1 year [33/60 in office-based vergence/accommodative therapy (OBVAT), 18/54 in home-based pencil push-ups (HBPP), 12/57 in home-based computer vergence/accommodative therapy and pencil push-ups (HBCVAT+), and 16/54 in office-based placebo therapy (OBPT)]. Symptoms and clinical signs were measured 6 months and 1 year after completion of the 12-week therapy program. The primary outcome measure was the mean change o

SUBMITTER: Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial Study Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2780441 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature