INCREASED DRIFT IN AMBLYOPIC EYES
INCREASED DRIFT IN AMBLYOPIC EYES
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DOI:
10.1136/bjo.64.1.7
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
STARK, L
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作者:
CIUFFREDA, KJ;KENYON, RV;STARK, L
There are conflicting reports on the presence of increased drift in amblyopic eyes. The individual effects of either amblyopia or strabismus alone on ocular drift have not been systematically investigated. A photoelectric method was used to record horizontal eye position during monocular and binocular fixation in patients having amblyopia without strabismus, intermittent strabismus or constant strabismus amblyopia. Increased drift amplitude (up to 3.5.degree.) and velocity (up to 3.0.degree./s) occurred in amblyopic eyes during monocular fixation. While increased drift was found 75% of the time in amblyopia without strabismus and 50% of the time in constant strabismus amblyopia, it was found only 20% of the time in intermittent strabismus. Amblyopic drift may be either error-producing or error-correcting in nature. Increased drift was not present during monocular fixation with the dominant eye or during binocular fixation in any of 16 patients. Amblyopia, and not strabismus, apparently is a necessary condition for the presence of markedly increased fixational drift. Increased drift amplitude, but not velocity, may adversely affect visual acuity in the amblyopic eye.