Goldrich SG.

Optometric therapy of divergence excess strabismus.

American Journal of Optometry & Physiological Optics, 57: 7-14, 1980.

A review and analysis of the vision training procedures were carried out over a period of 2 years at State University of New York (SUNY) University Optometric Center by 20 staff optometrists on 28 patients exhibiting divergence excess strabismus. Training included motility, accommodative rock, fusion, antisuppression, and stereoscopic skills by a variety of techniques and devices. Patients who exhibited smaller pre-training angles of deviation, increased maturity, and greater motivation responded most successfully to treatment. Of the patients reviewed, 71% attained a functional cure following sequential therapy procedures used in-office as well as home. Highest success rate occurred when office therapy was supplemented with home vision therapy. The results achieved in this study compare favorably with those obtained by traditional orthoptic procedures.