ReviewBMJ open ophthalmology2022
Reasons why we might want to question the use of patching to treat amblyopia as well as the reliance on visual acuity as the primary outcome measure.
Review in BMJ open ophthalmology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- Binocular versus standard therapy for amblyopia - effect on visual acuity, adherence, and patient or caregiver reported outcomes: protocol for a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2026Article
- Short-term amblyopic eye deprivation boosts the binocular intermodulation in anisometropic amblyopia.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- AmblyoPlay-based multimodal visual therapy in pediatric anisometropic amblyopia: a pilot study of visual, oculomotor and sensorimotor outcomes.BMC ophthalmology · 2025Article
- Dynamic Stereopsis Is Abnormal in Treated Anisometropic Amblyopia.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Breaking and restoring ocular balance: Temporal interactions in binocular rivalry and stereopsis.Journal of vision · 2025Article
- Monocular Contrast Sensitivity Visual Perceptual Learning Rebalances Adult Amblyopes' Two Eyes.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025Article
- Monocular eye-cueing shifts eye balance in amblyopia.Journal of vision · 2025Article
- Ocular Dominance Plasticity: A Mini-Review.Eye and brain · 2025Review
- Current Developments in the Management of Amblyopia with the Use of Perceptual Learning Techniques.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- The Suppressive Basis of Ocular Dominance Changes Induced by Short-Term Monocular Deprivation in Normal and Amblyopic Adults.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2023Article
- Risk of recurrence after cessation of dichoptic, binocular treatment of amblyopia.Journal of AAPOS : the official publication of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus · 2023Article
- Stereoptic serious games as a visual rehabilitation tool for individuals with a residual amblyopia (AMBER trial): a protocol for a crossover randomized controlled trial.BMC ophthalmology · 2023Article
- Characterizing amblyopic perception under non-rivalrous viewing conditions.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Issues Revisited: Shifts in Binocular Balance Depend on the Deprivation Duration in Normal and Amblyopic Adults.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2022Article
- Treatment Outcome of Occlusion for Unilateral Amblyopia in Saudi Children 6-12 Years Old.Middle East African journal of ophthalmologyArticle
- The effect of amblyopia on balance and gait.Therapeutic advances in ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
Recent evidence suggests that the primary deficit in amblyopia is loss of binocular vision and that the loss of monocular acuity is a secondary consequence. This new understanding derived from recent laboratory studies questions the present therapy and its primary acuity-based endpoint, which have been the gold standard in the treatment of this condition for the past 200 years.
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