title: Visuomotor functions and intelligence subsequent to strabismus treatment. Second phase.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Strabismus has been related to different alterations of brain functions and learning in children. Early treatment for visuomotor functions may improve the executive areas of intelligence. We undertook this study to demonstrate changes of visuomotor function and intelligence in children after strabismus treatment.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a prospective study of patients with strabismus, before and after treatment. We applied the Human Figure Test, Visuomotor Bender Test, and Intelligence Test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We included nine children with an average age of 8.7 years (± 2.4 years). Stereopsis result was 724 arc sec. Visual acuity was 0.16 logMAR ± 0.15. Verbal intelligence was 91.1 ± 11, executive intelligence (EI) was 86.7 ± 8, and global intelligence (GI) was 91 ± 10. Correlation coefficient of EI was significantly related to stereopsis (-0.2), visual acuity (-0.1) and Bender (-0.1). GI results were higher than statistical prognosis (88.16 for x = 90).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We demonstrated improvement in binocularity and psychoadaptive areas related to EI after strabismus and amblyopia treatment.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Oftalmología, Centro Médico Nacional 20 de Noviembre, Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado, México, D. F., Mexico. smoguel@prodigy.net.mx
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moguel-Ancheita
authors.forename: Susana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramírez-Sibaja
authors.forename: Sergio Abraham
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Reyes-Pantoja
authors.forename: Luis Porfirio
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Orozco-Gómez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013285:Strabismus / Q000628:therapy*