VISUAL REHABILITATION USING THE LUBECK THERAPY

这个子项目是许多研究子项目中利用 资源由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目和 调查员(PI)可能从NIH的另一个来源获得了主要资金， 并因此可以在其他清晰的条目中表示。列出的机构是 该中心不一定是调查人员的机构。 目的。目的探讨广泛性视觉治疗对膝后损伤患者的治疗效果。我们还将进行初步研究，以评估相同疗法对因视觉系统其他部位损伤(如视神经、视交叉或眼睛)而导致的视力丧失的疗效。方法：研究方法。对50名因各种原因(主要是中风以及视神经、视交叉或眼睛损伤)造成视力丧失的患者进行视力治疗(100次或以上)。观察：在改善患者的视功能，如VF大小、视力、亮度知觉、形状和颜色辨别方面，治疗结果将被记录下来。 长期目标是：1)利用一种更经济、更容易获得的系统(基于PC的电视)来证实和改进吕贝克反应时间周长(LRP)的治疗方案；2)研究大脑功能的恢复，以最终了解视力丧失患者视力恢复的生理过程。研究设计将包括对患者在治疗前后使用视觉诱发电位(VEP)、眼科检查和视野测试进行确证和深入的研究。 调查人员背景： 这个

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. Purpose. To investigate the effect of extensive visual treatment on patients who have sustained post-geniculate damage. We will also do preliminary studies to evaluate the efficacy of the same therapy on visual loss due to damage elsewhere in the visual system such as the optic nerve, optic chiasm, or to the eye. Methods. Visual treatment (100 sessions or more) in 50 selected patients with visual loss, caused by a variety of sources (predominantly stroke as well as optic nerve, optic chiasm, or eye damage). Observations: Treatment results will be noted in improvement of visual function such as VF size, visual acuity, brightness perception, form and color discrimination in the patients. Long Term Objectives are 1) to corroborate and to improve on the treatment protocol of the Luebeck Reaction-time Perimeter (LRP) by utilizing a more economical and readily available system (PC-based TV), and 2) to study the functional recovery of the brain to ultimately understand the physiological processes by which vision returns in patients with visual loss. The Research Design will include a corroborative and in-depth study of patients before and after treatment using visual-evoked potentials (VEP's), ophthalmologic examination, and visual field testing. Background of the Investigators: The