Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The evaluation and nonsurgical treatment of visual disorders caused by imbalance of the eye muscles, such as strabismus.
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- noun The study and treatment of
muscular irregularities of theeye
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- noun treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles)
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Examples
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Clinical services available within the Division include orthoptics, aphakic contact lenses, electroretinography, visual evoked potential, ultrasonography, non-invasive functional visual testing, and complete ocular photography.
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Scheiman M, Mitchell GL, Cotter S, Kulp MT, Cooper J, et al. (2005) A randomized clinical trial of vision therapy/orthoptics versus pencil pushups for the treatment of convergence insufficiency in young adults.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Qing Yang et al. 2010
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Courses for ophthalmic theatre assistants, orthoptics, contact lens, hospital management and fellowship programmes in vision therapy and ophthalmology would be offered.
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Manager of the hospital's orthoptics department and also President of the Orthoptic Association of Australia, Associate Professor Zoran Georgievski, says it was a case of "boys will be boys".
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Option B. Light therapy treatment is another type of therapy that can be done instead of or combined with orthoptics.
The Thinking Mother christinemm 2008
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