Orthoptic treatment of strabismus.
The purpose of this paper will be to carefully examine the effectiveness of orthoptics as a viable treatment modality for strabismus. It will be necessary to first examine the scope of this problem and the significance of functional cure. A short discussion of perceptual and psychological effects will be included. A review of pertinent literature and an analysis of the data will be presented. Any commonalities or generalizations which can be identified will then be discussed and analyzed. Finally, the training of the optometrist in orthoptics and associated subjects will be examined to demonstrate the qualification of the optometrist to administer orthoptics in the treatment of visual anomalies.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009988:Orthoptics / Q000193:education; D013285:Strabismus / Q000628:therapy*