Convergence insufficiency and its current treatment

Prism use in adult diplopia

“…In children, base-in prism also did not prove successful in the treatment of convergence insufficiency [19]. Convergence exercises have been successful in the treatment of convergence insufficiency [20]. One study randomized presbyopic patients with convergence insufficiency to glasses with base-in prism correction or presbyopic correction alone.…”

The 20/20 patient who can’t read

“…18 Convergence insufficiency is often associated with complaints of headaches, tired or strained eyes, blurring, or horizontal diplopia when reading or doing other near work. 19 Critically, diplopia or blurry vision will be present only at near, not at far, and vision with monocular viewing by either eye will be single and clear. This is a not uncommon cause of reading complaints after head trauma 20 or in parkinsonism.…”

Convergence Insufficiency among Schoolchildren of 1-4 Grades and its Importance for Optimizing the Pedagogical Process in Junior School

“…В качестве тестового объекта используют вер-тикальную полосу оптотипов. Норма 15 полных оборотов флиппера в минуту [13,[16][17][18][19][20].…”

“…Эффективность лечения НК была исследована CITT (Convergence Insufficiency Treatment Trial) [16][17][18][19][20]. Полученные в этих исследованиях данные свидетельствуют о том, что комплексная терапия под руководством специалиста дает хорошие ре-зультаты, и эффективна в 73% случаев.…”