Treatment of accommodative dysfunction in children: results from a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To report the effectiveness of various forms of vision therapy/orthoptics in improving accommodative amplitude and facility in children with symptomatic convergence insufficiency (CI) and co-existing accommodative dysfunction.

Methods

In a randomized clinical trial, 221 children aged 9 to 17 years with symptomatic CI were assigned to one of four treatments. Of the enrolled children, 164 (74%) had accommodative dysfunction; 63 (29%) had a decreased amplitude of accommodation with respect to age, 43 (19%) had decreased accommodative facility, and 58 (26%) had both. Analysis of variance models were used to compare mean accommodative amplitude and accommodative facility for each treatment group after 4, 8, and 12 weeks of treatment.

Results

After 12 weeks of treat

SUBMITTER: Scheiman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3204163 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature