title: Abnormal motoric laterality in strabismus and a hypothesis concerning its neurological origins.
abstract: A survey of the literature concerning motoric laterality in strabismus was undertaken. The assessment of manual and ocular dominance was based on a total of eleven studies conducted between 1934 and 1986. The average percentage of right-handedness in strabismics was 73.8%, whereas the average percentage of right-eyedness was 46.9%. Both figures are significantly lower than those obtained for the normal population. It is hypothesized that reduced right dominance in strabismics results from dysfunction of the otoliths and/or their higher brainstem pathways.
authors.affiliation: Crew Technology Division, Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB TX 78235-5000.
authors.forename: F H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Previc
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004948:Esotropia / Q000503:physiopathology; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D010037:Otolithic Membrane / Q000503:physiopathology; D013285:Strabismus / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology