title: [Strabismus and reading: Effect of strabismus on reading tests in children from 8 to 11 years].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We try to show a relationship between strabismus and changes in reading skills.
  
  
  METHODS
  We have carried out a prospective study including 135 children from 8 to 11 years (French level CE2 to CM2). They were given an ophthalmologic and orthoptic examination and then divided into 4 groups: strabismus with vertical deviation without binocular vision, accommodative strabismus with binocular vision, accommodative strabismus without binocular vision and control group (children without strabismus). Each child took 4 validated reading tests: reading fluency, uncommon words reading, comparison of letters sequences without signification, searching "verbal index".
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results are significantly lower in children with accommodative strabismus without binocular vision for two tests (reading fluency and uncommon words reading). In contrast, results for the two other tests do not differ significantly between the 4 groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our study demonstrated lowered reading skills in tests of reading fluency in children with accommodative strabismus without binocular vision.
authors.affiliation: Cabinet privé, 15, chemin de l'Avouerie, 4877 Olne, Belgique. Electronic address: bclotuche@gmail.com.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Clotuche
authors.affiliation: Cabinet privé, 34, rue Émile-Chautemps, 74300 Cluses, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dorizy
authors.affiliation: Cabinet privé, 102, avenue Georges-Pompidou, 24750 Trélissac, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Franquelin
authors.affiliation: Cabinet privé, 13, place René-Beauchamp, 33500 Libourne, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kuhne
authors.affiliation: Cabinet privé, 16, boulevard Deganne, 32120 Arcachon, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lakhdar
authors.affiliation: Cabinet privé, 122, avenue Jean-Materne, 5100 Jambes, Belgique.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Massart
authors.affiliation: Cabinet privé, 16, cours Général de Gaulle, 21000 Dijon, France.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strenk
mesh_terms: D001530:Belgium; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009988:Orthoptics; D011932:Reading; D013285:Strabismus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014787:Vision Tests; D015348:Vision, Binocular / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: Binocular vision; Children; Enfant; Lecture; Reading; Strabisme; Strabismus; Vision binoculaire