ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Effects of Vision Therapy on Bilateral Amblyopia Unresponsive to Conventional Treatment: A Retrospective Comparative Study.
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- Randomised trial of three treatments for amblyopia: Vision therapy and patching, perceptual learning and patching alone.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of Active Vision Therapy in Children with Bilateral Refractive Amblyopia.Journal of ophthalmic & vision research · 2026Article
- Effect of active vision therapy on contrast sensitivity in bilateral amblyopia.International journal of ophthalmology · 2026Article
- Comparison of Virtual Reality-Assisted Visual Training with Conventional Strategies in the Treatment of Bilateral Refractive Amblyopia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Add-on perceptual learning on refractive amblyopia in children.International journal of ophthalmology · 2024Article
- Current Developments in the Management of Amblyopia with the Use of Perceptual Learning Techniques.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Long-Term Efficacy of the Combination of Active Vision Therapy and Occlusion in Children with Strabismic and Anisometropic Amblyopia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Evaluation of the Efficacy of a New Dichoptic Digital Platform to Treat the Anisometropic and Isometropic Amblyopia.Brain sciences · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn this study we aim to determines the effect of our vision therapy program for 7- to 10-year-old patients who exhibit bilateral amblyopia that is no longer responsive to conventional treatment.
methodsChildren with bilateral amblyopia between the ages of 7 and 10 treated with vision therapy at the China Medical University Hospital between 2016 and 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Age and visual acuity-matched bilateral amblyopes are included as a control group. The visual acuity for both groups showed no improvement for more than 3 months with part-time patching and full refraction correction. The initial and final visual acuity, stereopsis, and refractive status were analyzed.
resultsHere, 15 cases were included as the treatment group and 16 cases as a control group. At the endpoint, the study group shows a significant improvement in BCVA, with a mean of 0.32 ± 0.15 logMAR (3 lines improvement) versus 0.003 ± 0.19 logMAR (nearly no improvement) for the control group (
conclusionsVision therapy, comprising orthoptic therapy, perceptual learning and dichoptic training, is a successful program for increasing visual acuity and stereoacuity in 7- to 10-year-old children with bilateral amblyopia that is unresponsive to conventional treatment.
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