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Essentials of Clinical Binocular Vision

  • 1st Edition - February 11, 2004
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Erik M. Weissberg
  • Language: English

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Clinically relevant information on binocular vision in an easily referenced format.

Key features

  • The logical format is organized by symptom to help the reader quickly determine the diagnosis and management of a particular binocular vision anomaly.
  • Sections of useful charts and tables help readers quickly locate important clinical information.
  • A special section on diagnostic procedures contains procedures unique to the treatment of binocular vision problems.

Table of contents

Part 1: Clinical Conditions
Chapter 1: Non-strabismic binocular vision anomalies-Rich Laudon

1.1 Convergence insufficiency

1.2 Convergence excess

1.3 Fusional vergence dysfunction

1.4 Functional ocular motor dysfunction
Chapter 2: Disorders of accommodation-Rich Laudon

2.1 General accommodative dysfunction (includes AI, AE, infacility)
Chapter 3: Esodeviations-Stacy Lyons

3.1 Infantile esotropia

3.2 Refractive esotropia

3.3 Acute acquired esotropia

3.4 Cyclic esotropia

3.5 Microtropia

3.6 Divergence Insufficiency
Chapter 4: Exodeviations-Barry Kran

4.1 Divergence Excess

4.2 Infantile exotropia

4.3 Sensory strabismus

4.4 Consecutive exotropia
Chapter 5: Mechanically restrictive strabismus-Nicole Boisvert

5.1 Duane’s syndrome

5.2 Brown’s syndrome

5.3 Thyroid
Chapter 6: Paralytic strabismus

5.4 Cranial nerve IV palsy

5.5 Cranial nerve VI palsy

5.6 Cranial nerve III palsy
Chapter 7: Horizontal gaze disturbances-Melissa Rice

7.1 Internuclear ophthalmoplegia/One and a half syndrome

7.2 Congenital ocular motor apraxia

7.3 Acquired ocular motor apraxia (Baliant’s syndrome)
Chapter 8: Vertical gaze disturbances-Melissa Rice

8.1 Vertical gaze palsy

8.2 Monocular elevation paresis

8.3 Progressive supranuclear palsy (Steele-Richardson Olszewski syndrome)

8.4 Dorsal midbrain syndrome (Parinaud’s syndrome)
Chapter 9: Ocular Myasthenia

9.1 Ocular Myasthenia
Chapter 10: Amblyopia-Bruce Moore/Erik Weissberg

10.1 General amblyopia
Chapter 11: Vision related learning difficulties-Rich Laudon

11.1 General vision related learning difficulties
PART 2: Diagnostic Procedures
Monocular/Binocular Fixation Status (Fix, Follow and Maintain)
Brüchner

4BO
Three Step Test
Prism adaptation test
Visuoscopy
Krimsky Test
Maddox rod with prism
Maddox rod with scale
Double Maddox Rod
Step Vergences
Monocular Estimation Method (MEM)
NSUCO (the Maples)
Cycloplegic refraction
Double maddox rod
Torsion testing with ophthalmoscopy
Appendix 1: Overview of non-strabismic binocular work-up
Appendix 2: Overview of vision therapy program

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  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 10, 2004
  • Language: English

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Erik M. Weissberg

Affiliations and expertise
The New England College of Optometry, Boston, MA

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