Randomised trial of three treatments for amblyopia: Vision therapy and patching, perceptual learning and patching alone

• Published in: Ophthalmic & physiological optics Vol. 45; no. 1; pp. 31 - 42
• Main Authors: Hernández‐Andrés, Rosa, Serrano, Miguel Ángel, Alacreu‐Crespo, Adrián, Luque, María José
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2025; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Acuity; amblyopia; Amblyopia - physiopathology; Amblyopia - therapy; Child; Child, Preschool; Depth Perception - physiology; Eye; Female; Frequency dependence; Humans; Learning; Male; monocular perceptual learning; Original; Patching; Retina; Sensory Deprivation; Spatial discrimination learning; stereoacuity; Treatment Outcome; Video Games; Vision; vision therapy; Vision, Binocular - physiology; Visual acuity; Visual Acuity - physiology; Visual discrimination learning; Visual Perception - physiology; stereoacuity; visual acuity; monocular perceptual learning; patching; amblyopia; vision therapy

Background Active vision therapy for amblyopia shows good results, but there is no standard vision therapy protocol. This study compared the results of three treatments, two combining patching with active therapy and one with patching alone, in a sample of children with amblyopia. Methods Two protoc...