Successful Dichoptic Therapy for Amblyopia in a Child Unable to Tolerate Occlusion Therapy due to Autism Spectrum Disorder. [PDF]
Case Rep Ophthalmol MedChildren with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often face challenges with occlusion therapy using eye patches owing to the sensory sensitivity, rigid behaviors, and communication difficulties associated with ASD. In this study, we report the case of a child with ASD who had significant difficulty with eye patch therapy for anisometropic amblyopia and was
Nakatsuka S +5 more
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Dynamic Muscle Ultrasound as a Non-Invasive Method to Detect Contraction Fasciculations: Case Study of a Patient With Spinal-Bulbar Muscular Atrophy. [PDF]
Muscle NerveMuscle &Nerve, Volume 73, Issue 1, Page 103-105, January 2026.
Hokkoku K +4 more
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Analysis of smooth pursuit eye movements in a clinical context by tracking the target and eyes
Scientific Reports, 2022 In the evaluation of smooth pursuit eye movements (SPEMs), recording the stimulus onset time is mandatory. In the laboratory, the stimulus onset time is recorded by electrical signal or programming, and video-oculography (VOG) and the visual stimulus are
Masakazu Hirota +5 more
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Life, 2023 In the last two years, orthoptists have counteracted patient drop-out through visual telerehabilitation. Efforts were made to transfer the in-person visual rehabilitation setting to the telematic environment in response to the worldwide crisis. Nowadays,
Giulia Perasso +7 more
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Students' perception of e-lectures from an undergraduate health sciences programme [PDF]
Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2020 This research aims to explore undergraduate students’ views on the inclusion of e-lectures within their clinical degree programme, and to identify the optimum usage for this increasingly popular teaching method.
Kerry Louise Hanna +1 more
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The Provision of Patient Information about Nystagmus
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2018 Aims: The aims of this study were to evaluate the current provision of patient information about nystagmus in orthoptic clinics in the UK and Ireland and to develop a standardised information pack about nystagmus.
Anne Bjerre +3 more
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Orthoptic Home Visits for Stroke Survivors: Results from a UK Professional Practice Survey
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2019 Aim: Orthoptists are perhaps the only allied health profession without a standard home visits service in the UK, although it could arguably be of benefit to many orthoptic patients.
Kerry Hanna, Fiona Rowe
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Can improving prism fusion range with training also improve stereo-acuity?
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2012 Aim: We tested whether prism fusion range (PFR) could be improved by training and whether any improvement in PFR also led to improvement in stereo-acuity.
Melanie Watson +2 more
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Are orthoptic measures robust during exposure to unpleasant environmental noise?
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2012 Aim: Orthoptic clinics are sometimes noisy and sometimes quiet. This study experimentally tested how this noise might affect some orthoptic measures. The experiment looked for changes in measurements of visual acuity (VA), RAF rule and autorefraction ...
Sophie Vickers +2 more
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Experience can increase prism fusion range
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2012 Aim: Differences in near prism fusion ranges (PFR) were assessed in 4 groups of participants who differed in experience of exposure to such testing. The effect of encouragement in the two least experienced groups was also tested. Methods: The near base
Waheed Zaman +2 more
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