title: [Electrical stimulation of the visual analyzer in the rehabilitation of flying personnel with abnormal refraction].
abstract: The authors propose an original technique of rehabilitative treatment of visual disorders in flying personnel, i.e. transconjunctival electroophthalmostimulation, which utilizes a specially developed ophthalmoscopic electrostimulator (ESOF-1). The technique was applied to 312 flyers with deteriorated visual acuity due to refraction abnormalities. After the course of 10 stimulation sessions, the far- and near-sight acuity was noted to improve by 48% and 38%, respectively, accommodation volume by 51%, accommodation reserve by 65%, and contrast sensitivity by 23%. This gain in vision remained after one year since treatment but slightly declined (23-38%) by the end of the second year of follow-up. Moreover, the results of therapy were not dependent on severity and type of refraction, or age of a patient. Without treatment, 56% of pilots and 68% of navigators would have been grounded for the reason of bad vision. Transconjunctival electroophthalmostimulation enabled 90% of the flyers to continue their career.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Okovitov
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008889:Military Personnel; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology; D014795:Visual Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology*