Hernández Rodríguez, Carlos Javier, Fukumitsu, Hideki, Ruiz Fortes, Pedro, Soto-Negro, Roberto, Merino Suárez, María, Piñero, David P.
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. Efficacy of Perceptual Learning-Based Vision Training as an Adjuvant to Occlusion Therapy in the Management of Amblyopia: A Pilot Study. Vision. 2021; 5(1):15. https://doi.org/10.3390/vision5010015
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/113792
DOI: 10.3390/vision5010015
ISSN: 2411-5150
Abstract: 
A 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). This efficacy was compared with that achieved in a patching control group (13 subjects, Patching 2). 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. 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). Both groups showed long-lasting retention of visual improvements. 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. This preliminary outcome should be confirmed in future clinical trials.
Keywords:Amblyopia, Perceptual learning, Occlusion therapy, Patching, Vision therapy
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