Postural stability and visual impairment: Assessing balance in children with strabismus and amblyopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vision plays an important role in controlling posture and balance in children. Reduced postural control has been reported in children with strabismus, but little has been reported specifically in amblyopia.

Objective

To investigate whether children with amblyopia have reduced balance compared to both children with strabismus without amblyopia and healthy controls.

Study design and methods

In this cross-sectional study, a total of 56 patients and healthy controls were recruited from the Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology Clinics at The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. Participants were divided into three groups: (1) 18 with unilateral amblyopia (strabismic amblyopia or mixed mechanism); (2) 16 with strabismus only without amblyopia; and (3) 22 visually-nor

SUBMITTER: Zipori AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6193669 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature