This preliminary outcome should be confirmed in future clinical trials. A combined therapy of PL-based visual training and patching seems to be effective for improving VA in children with amblyopia who did not recover vision with patching alone or had a poor patching compliance. Both groups showed long-lasting retention of visual improvements.
Additionally, CS was measured in PL Group and exhibited a significant improvement in the AE one month after the beginning of treatment for 3, 6, 12, and 18 cycles/º (p = 0.003). At one-month follow-up, a significant VA improvement in the amblyopic eye (AE) was observed in both groups, with no significant differences between them. This efficacy was compared with that achieved in a patching control group (13 subjects, Patching 2). Ī retrospective study was conducted to evaluate preliminarily the efficacy of perceptual learning (PL) visual training in medium-term follow-up with a specific software (Amblyopia iNET, Home Therapy Systems Inc., Gold Canyon, AZ, USA) for visual acuity (VA) and contrast sensitivity (CS) recovering in a sample of 14 moderate to severe amblyopic subjects with a previously unsuccessful outcome or failure with patching (PL Group). Efficacy of Perceptual Learning-Based Vision Training as an Adjuvant to Occlusion Therapy in the Management of Amblyopia: A Pilot Study. Hernández-Rodríguez CJ, Fukumitsu H, Ruiz-Fortes P, Soto-Negro R, Merino-Suárez M, Piñero DP. Departamento de Óptica, Farmacología y AnatomíaĪmblyopia | Perceptual learning | Occlusion therapy | Patching | Vision therapy Grupo de Óptica y Percepción Visual (GOPV) Hernández Rodríguez, Carlos Javier | Fukumitsu, Hideki | Ruiz Fortes, Pedro | Soto-Negro, Roberto | Merino Suárez, María | Piñero, David P. Información del item - Informació de l'item - Item information Title:Įfficacy of Perceptual Learning-Based Vision Training as an Adjuvant to Occlusion Therapy in the Management of Amblyopia: A Pilot Study