Optometry Reports
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<!--<p><strong>Optometry Reports</strong> is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted entirely to Optometry. The primary intent of the journal will be to rapidly publish relevant scientific information for optometrists and other professionals in visual sciences and optometry-related fields.</p>--> <h1>Announcement of closure</h1> <p><strong>Optometry Reports</strong> is no longer open to new submissions. All papers that have been published will be permanently accessible under the terms of open access, both at: <a href="https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/opto/issue/archive">https://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/opto/issue/archive</a> and via the Portico digital preservation service.<br /><br />PAGEPress would like to thank the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Raul Martin Herranz, and the Editorial Board for all their efforts over the past years.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the number of authors in this field contributing to the journal was not as high as expected.</p>PAGEPress Scientific Publications, Pavia, Italyen-USOptometry Reports2039-4721<p><strong>PAGEPress</strong> has chosen to apply the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License</strong></a> (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.</p>A review of the classification of nonstrabismic binocular vision anomalies
https://www.pagepressjournals.org/opto/article/view/5626
There are conflicting and confusing ideas in literature on the different types of accommodative and vergence anomalies as different authors turn to classify them differently. This paper sought to review literature on the different classifications and types of nonstrabismic binocular vision anomalies and harmonize these classifications. Search engines, namely Google scholar, Medline, Cinahl and Francis databases, were used to review literature on the classification of accommodative and vergence dysfunctions using keywords like <em>binocular vision dysfunctions</em>, <em>classification of nonstrabismic binocular vision disorders or anomalies</em>, <em>accommodative disorders/anomalies classification</em> and <em>vergence disorders/anomalies classifications</em>, and included works that described these anomalies. Nonstrabismic binocular vision anomalies are classified as accommodative and vergence anomalies. There are three different major types of accommodative anomalies, namely accommodative insufficiency, accommodative infacility (accommodative inertia), and accommodative excess (accommodative spasm), and seven different types of vergence anomalies (convergence insufficiency, convergence excess, divergence insufficiency, divergence excess, basic esophoria, basic exophoria and fusional vergence dysfunctions), which are functional in origin. Functionally, there is a commonly reported interaction between accommodative and convergence insufficiency referred to as pseudoconvergence insufficiency. Accommodative paralysis (subtype of accommodative insufficiency) and vergence anomalies – <em>i.e.</em>, convergence paralysis, convergence spasm and divergence paralysis – are non-functional in origin with underlying systemic disease etiologies. Systemic convergence insufficiency, associated with subnormal accommodation, is a non-functional interaction between the accommodative and convergence insufficiency. The classification of nonstrabismic binocular vision anomalies is based on the description of the clinical signs and the underlying etiology either functional or non-functional in origin. Proper diagnosis and management involves investigation of the underlying etiology in addition to the battery of binocular vision test procedures.Charles Darko-TakyiNaimah Ebrahim KhanUrvashni Nirghin
Copyright (c) 2016 Charles Darko-Takyi, Naimah Ebrahim Khan, Urvashni Nirghin
2016-06-172016-06-175110.4081/optometry.2016.5626Symptomatic classic convergence insufficiency treated with dot card orthoptic exercise
https://www.pagepressjournals.org/opto/article/view/5566
Although lots of studies have been reported on convergence insufficiency (CI), no specific case of CI among African patients has been reported. We report a case of symptomatic <em>classic</em> convergence insufficiency in a female student who previously had been misdiagnosed and managed for refractive error. This case highlights the need for comprehensive binocular vision assessment, administration of validated symptom questionnaires in cases of suspicious CI, and the use of simple and inexpensive vision therapy procedures to manage CI in optometric centres in developing countries.Charles Darko-TakyiKofi Asiedu
Copyright (c) 2016 Charles Darko-Takyi, Kofi Asiedu
2016-11-222016-11-225110.4081/optometry.2016.5566