Stripe Therapy for Amblyopia With a Modified Television Game

Results of CAM therapy in amblyopic patients

“…There was a study, however, by Fricker et al that compared the effect of television games played either with stripes superimposed on the screen image or without them. A 20 min/week course in 50 patients with am- blyopia revealed no major difference between the results obtained during the sessions or follow-up period in subjects exposed to stripes and those from the control group [16]. These findings do not support the effectiveness of gratings used in CAM therapy.…”

Results of CAM therapy in amblyopic patients

“…There was a study, however, by Fricker et al that compared the effect of television games played either with stripes superimposed on the screen image or without them. A 20 min/week course in 50 patients with am- blyopia revealed no major difference between the results obtained during the sessions or follow-up period in subjects exposed to stripes and those from the control group [16]. These findings do not support the effectiveness of gratings used in CAM therapy.…”

Portable rotating grating stimulation for anisometropic amblyopia with 6 months training

“…A small set of fairy tales pictures stimulation results in a limited visual improvement 12 . In contrast, a television game overlapping with varying size, orientation, and movement of stripes for 8–12 weeks produces improved VA of 0.1–0.3 logMAR 20 . The results imply stripe stimulation of different sizes, shapes, and orientations, which probably activates a large range of orientation-specific neurons in the visual cortex during drawing eye-hand practice in the control group.…”

“…A CAM machine is built for a part-time occlusion. Previous studies have indicated that a CAM training for 2–6 months exhibits significant improvement of visual function 9 , 20 , 31 . Because the CAM machine is primarily available in a hospital, patients need to visit hospital frequently.…”

“…Acute or short-term treatment of CAM stimulation has little effect on amblyopia 13 , 19 . Long-term treatment (> 2 months) seems to be more effective for CAM treatment even their results are inconclusive 20 , 21 .…”

Unterstützende Amblyopiebehandlung durch Computerspiele mit Hintergrundstimulation: Eine 10-tägige plazebokontrollierte Pilot-Studie123

“…Statt der Vollzeit-muss man sich in der Regel auf eine Teilzeitokklusion beschränken, die z. B. als "Fernsehokklusion" [3,11] oder bei Computerspielen [9,10,40] die Sehschärfe wenigstens etwas bessert bzw. zu erhalten hilft.…”

Results of CAM therapy in amblyopic patients

“…There was a study, however, by Fricker et al that compared the effect of television games played either with stripes superimposed on the screen image or without them. A 20 min/week course in 50 patients with am- blyopia revealed no major difference between the results obtained during the sessions or follow-up period in subjects exposed to stripes and those from the control group [16]. These findings do not support the effectiveness of gratings used in CAM therapy.…”

Portable rotating grating stimulation for anisometropic amblyopia with 6 months training

“…A small set of fairy tales pictures stimulation results in a limited visual improvement 12 . In contrast, a television game overlapping with varying size, orientation, and movement of stripes for 8–12 weeks produces improved VA of 0.1–0.3 logMAR 20 . The results imply stripe stimulation of different sizes, shapes, and orientations, which probably activates a large range of orientation-specific neurons in the visual cortex during drawing eye-hand practice in the control group.…”

“…A CAM machine is built for a part-time occlusion. Previous studies have indicated that a CAM training for 2–6 months exhibits significant improvement of visual function 9 , 20 , 31 . Because the CAM machine is primarily available in a hospital, patients need to visit hospital frequently.…”

“…Acute or short-term treatment of CAM stimulation has little effect on amblyopia 13 , 19 . Long-term treatment (> 2 months) seems to be more effective for CAM treatment even their results are inconclusive 20 , 21 .…”

Unterstützende Amblyopiebehandlung durch Computerspiele mit Hintergrundstimulation: Eine 10-tägige plazebokontrollierte Pilot-Studie123

“…Statt der Vollzeit-muss man sich in der Regel auf eine Teilzeitokklusion beschränken, die z. B. als "Fernsehokklusion" [3,11] oder bei Computerspielen [9,10,40] die Sehschärfe wenigstens etwas bessert bzw. zu erhalten hilft.…”

Results of CAM therapy in amblyopic patients

“…There was a study, however, by Fricker et al that compared the effect of television games played either with stripes superimposed on the screen image or without them. A 20 min/week course in 50 patients with am- blyopia revealed no major difference between the results obtained during the sessions or follow-up period in subjects exposed to stripes and those from the control group [16]. These findings do not support the effectiveness of gratings used in CAM therapy.…”

Portable rotating grating stimulation for anisometropic amblyopia with 6 months training

“…A small set of fairy tales pictures stimulation results in a limited visual improvement 12 . In contrast, a television game overlapping with varying size, orientation, and movement of stripes for 8–12 weeks produces improved VA of 0.1–0.3 logMAR 20 . The results imply stripe stimulation of different sizes, shapes, and orientations, which probably activates a large range of orientation-specific neurons in the visual cortex during drawing eye-hand practice in the control group.…”

“…A CAM machine is built for a part-time occlusion. Previous studies have indicated that a CAM training for 2–6 months exhibits significant improvement of visual function 9 , 20 , 31 . Because the CAM machine is primarily available in a hospital, patients need to visit hospital frequently.…”

“…Acute or short-term treatment of CAM stimulation has little effect on amblyopia 13 , 19 . Long-term treatment (> 2 months) seems to be more effective for CAM treatment even their results are inconclusive 20 , 21 .…”

Unterstützende Amblyopiebehandlung durch Computerspiele mit Hintergrundstimulation: Eine 10-tägige plazebokontrollierte Pilot-Studie123

“…Statt der Vollzeit-muss man sich in der Regel auf eine Teilzeitokklusion beschränken, die z. B. als "Fernsehokklusion" [3,11] oder bei Computerspielen [9,10,40] die Sehschärfe wenigstens etwas bessert bzw. zu erhalten hilft.…”