title: Visual evoked potentials (VEP) evaluating treatment for post-trauma vision syndrome (PTVS) in patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI)
abstract: Post-trauma vision syndrome (PTVS), which is characterized by binocular function problems, may be caused by dysfunction of the ambient visual process which is part of the sensory-motor feedback loop rather than specific oculomotor disturbance. Clinically, PTVS frequently presents with symptoms of diplopia, blur, seeing movement in the spatial environment, vertigo, and hallucination-like experiences. Visual evoked potentials (P100) were used to evaluate an experimental group (n = 10) of subjects who suffered a traumatic brain injury, and a control group (n = 10). A new treatment using prisms and bi-nasal occluders which affected amplitude responses of the VEP was evaluated. The results demonstrate the amplitude of the VEP is a function of cortical binocular integration, and that this is influenced by dysfunction of the ambient visual process. The results also demonstrate that base-in prism and bi-nasal occluders are an effective means to treat ambient vision disturbances resulting from head trauma which causes PTVS.
authors.affiliation: Garden State Rehabilitation Hospital, Toms River, New Jersey.
authors.forename: W V
authors.initials: WV
authors.lastname: Padula
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Argyris
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ray
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth / Q000502:physiology; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology; D014794:Visual Fields / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology