Prehension Deficits in Amblyopia

• Published in: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science Vol. 48; no. 3; pp. 1139 - 1148
• Main Authors: Grant, Simon, Melmoth, Dean R, Morgan, Michael J, Finlay, Alison L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rockville, MD ARVO 01.03.2007; Association for Research in Vision and Ophtalmology
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Amblyopia - complications; Amblyopia - physiopathology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Dominance, Ocular - physiology; Eye and associated structures. Visual pathways and centers. Vision; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Hand Strength - physiology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Motor Skills - physiology; Movement - physiology; Ocular Physiological Phenomena; Ophthalmology; Perceptual Disorders - complications; Perceptual Disorders - physiopathology; Psychomotor Performance - physiology; Space Perception; Strabismus - complications; Strabismus - physiopathology; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; Vision disorders; Vision, Binocular - physiology; Eye disease; Ophthalmology; Vision disorder; Amblyopia

Visual defects associated with amblyopia have been extensively studied, but their impact on the performance of everyday visuomotor tasks is unclear. This study evaluates eye-hand coordination (prehension) skills in adult amblyopes compared with normal subjects. Twenty amblyopes (10 strabismic, 10 no...