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Trial reportScientific reports2021

Portable rotating grating stimulation for anisometropic amblyopia with 6 months training.

Wen-Hsiu Yeh, Li-Ju Lai, Da-Wei Chang, Wei-Sin Lin, Guan-Ming Lin, Fu-Zen Shaw

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04213066 (Stochastic Resonance Applied to Amblyopia Training and the Plasticity of Brain), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT04213066 nacompletednot on this map

Stochastic Resonance Applied to Amblyopia Training and the Plasticity of Brain

TypeinterventionalSponsorNational Cheng-Kung University HospitalRan2013 to 2016Enrolled51ConditionsAmblyopia, Amblyopia, AnisometropicArmsPortable tablet
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of grating stimulation on vision in individuals with amblyopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2024
    Pooled it
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wen-Hsiu Yeh *Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan.
Li-Ju Lai *Department of Ophthalmology Chang Gang Memorial Hospital Chia-Yi Branch, Chiayi, 613, Taiwan.
Da-Wei ChangDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan.
Wei-Sin LinDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan.
Guan-Ming LinDepartment of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan.
Fu-Zen ShawInstitute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan. fzshaw@gmail.com.
National Cheng Kung University · TWChiayi Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment of grating stimulation has been used in amblyopia for decades, but high dropout rate and inconvenience for daily practice occur in previous studies. We developed a home-based portable system with rotating grating stimulation on a tablet. Thirty anisometropic amblyopic children were randomly allocated into the control or Grating group. They drew contour of the picture under patch of a better eye for 6 months. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), grating acuity (GA), and contrast sensitivity (CS) were assessed at the baseline, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th months of training. All participants completed the 6-month training. Patched eyes of both groups exhibited no difference. Trained eyes of the control group had significantly slight improvement in BCVA and GA. In particular, the Grating group exhibited significantly higher BCVA, GA, and CS compared with those of the control group at the 3rd and 6th months of training. Moreover, percentage of the Grating group with great improvement (BCVA ≥ 0.3 or CS ≥ 0.3) was significantly larger than those of the control group at the 3rd or 6th months of training. The portable grating stimulation system demonstrates its trainability by no dropout and effectiveness by significant improvements in all assessments through a well experimental design.Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04213066, registered 30/12/2019, https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04213066 .

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Computers, HandheldContrast SensitivityAmblyopiaChildFemaleHumansMale

Identifiers

PMID34075118
PMCPMC8169940
OpenAlexW3164058605

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