Journal Reviews

Ocular motility parameters in phakic and pseudophakic older people

4 October 2023 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Cataract surgery, convergence amplitude, elderly, near point of convergence, phoria, tropia

The aim of this study was to compare the extent of phoria, strabismus and convergence of pseudophakic vs phakic people in an elderly population. The study was part of the Tehran Geriatric Eye Study (TGES). Of 3791 invitees, 3310 participated...

Iranian prevalence of strabismus and heterophoria

1 June 2018 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | cross-sectional, phoria, rural areas, tropia

Previous studies in parts of Iran report a childhood prevalence of strabismus of 1.2 to 2.3%. The authors aimed to evaluate the prevalence of strabismus in underserved rural areas of Iran in all age groups. In 2015 they conducted a...

Fusion vergence measures

1 August 2017 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | esophoria, exophoria, fusion, fusion reserve ratio, vergence

The purpose of this study was to compare fusional vergence measurements between orthophoria, esophoria and exophoria and determine the strength of correlation between fusional vergence and angle of deviation. This was a cross-section study of 530 children aged six to...

Association of asthenopia and heterophoria

1 June 2016 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Aligning prism, associated phoria, asthenopia, circadian rhythm, heterophoria, self-selected prism, vergence position of rest

Heterophoria varies over time and asthenopic symptoms may be greater when the heterophoria is larger. Thus a close intra-individual correlation may exist between heterophoria and discomfort during reading. The authors investigated the variability of both parameters in 20 individuals who...