Randomised controlled trial of video clips and interactive games to improve vision in children with amblyopia using the I-BiT system.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Traditional treatment of amblyopia involves either wearing a patch or atropine penalisation of the better eye. A new treatment is being developed on the basis of virtual reality technology allowing either DVD footage or computer games which present a common background to both eyes and the foreground, containing the imagery of interest, only to the amblyopic eye.

Methods

A randomised control trial was performed on patients with amblyopia aged 4-8 years with three arms. All three arms had dichoptic stimulation using shutter glass technology. One arm had DVD footage shown to the amblyopic eye and common background to both, the second used a modified shooter game, Nux, with sprite and targets presented to the amblyopic eye (and background to both) while the third arm

SUBMITTER: Herbison N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5136691 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature