Development of motor fusion in patients with a history of strabismic amblyopia who are treated part-time with Bangerter foils

The Effect of Bangerter Filters on Binocular Function in Observers With Amblyopia

“…35,47 Therefore, other more rudimentary measures of binocular function that occur before disparity encoding, such as binocular summation of contrast or global measures of suppression, still may reflect an advantage of Bangerter filters. The finding that partial occlusion with Bangerter filters can improve motor fusion in patients with strabismic amblyopia is consistent with the idea that the filters can promote a rudimentary degree of binocular function 48 (however, comments from Agervi 49 ). This effect also may underlie the accelerated improvement in visual acuity that occurs when Bangerter filters are combined with spectacle correction relative to spectacle correction alone.…”

Changes in binocular function in anisometropic nonstrabismic children with optical correction and occlusion therapy

“…[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Although it is well known that treatment can improve visual acuity, it is now recognized that motor fusion may also improve at a later age than previously believed. 20 This raises the question of whether improvement of visual acuity is associated with a parallel improvement in binocular function.…”

Treatment with Bangerter filters

“…Abrams and colleagues 10 focused on the motor fusion status associated with part-time treatment with Bangerter filters. This prospective cohort study included 54 children with different horizontal strabismic diagnoses previously treated with patching.…”