Current Management of Amblyopia with New Technologies for Binocular Treatment

Amblyopia is the most common cause of monocular poor vision affecting up to 3.7% of the global population. Classically, the first step in treatment has been optical correction, followed by patching and/or pharmacological treatment. However, this is an evolving scenario, since researchers and clinici...

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Main Authors: Sandra Boniquet-Sanchez, Noelia Sabater-Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-06-01
Series:Vision
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5150/5/2/31
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spelling doaj-bf46e0377b084739aa688a81f71d12da2021-06-30T23:53:57ZengMDPI AGVision2411-51502021-06-015313110.3390/vision5020031Current Management of Amblyopia with New Technologies for Binocular TreatmentSandra Boniquet-Sanchez0Noelia Sabater-Cruz1Anterior Segment Department, Institut Clinic d’Oftalmologia, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, SpainAnterior Segment Department, Institut Clinic d’Oftalmologia, Hospital Clinic of Barcelona, 08036 Barcelona, SpainAmblyopia is the most common cause of monocular poor vision affecting up to 3.7% of the global population. Classically, the first step in treatment has been optical correction, followed by patching and/or pharmacological treatment. However, this is an evolving scenario, since researchers and clinicians are interested in new binocular treatments due to the increasing development of new technologies. In this article main, current binocular treatments as Dig Rush, falling blocks, I-BiT, Occlu-tab, Vivid Vision, and movies are reviewed for binocular amblyopia management.https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5150/5/2/31amblyopiabinocular treatmentdichoptic moviesvideo games
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author Sandra Boniquet-Sanchez
Noelia Sabater-Cruz
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Current Management of Amblyopia with New Technologies for Binocular Treatment
Vision
amblyopia
binocular treatment
dichoptic movies
video games
author_facet Sandra Boniquet-Sanchez
Noelia Sabater-Cruz
author_sort Sandra Boniquet-Sanchez
title Current Management of Amblyopia with New Technologies for Binocular Treatment
title_short Current Management of Amblyopia with New Technologies for Binocular Treatment
title_full Current Management of Amblyopia with New Technologies for Binocular Treatment
title_fullStr Current Management of Amblyopia with New Technologies for Binocular Treatment
title_full_unstemmed Current Management of Amblyopia with New Technologies for Binocular Treatment
title_sort current management of amblyopia with new technologies for binocular treatment
publisher MDPI AG
series Vision
issn 2411-5150
publishDate 2021-06-01
description Amblyopia is the most common cause of monocular poor vision affecting up to 3.7% of the global population. Classically, the first step in treatment has been optical correction, followed by patching and/or pharmacological treatment. However, this is an evolving scenario, since researchers and clinicians are interested in new binocular treatments due to the increasing development of new technologies. In this article main, current binocular treatments as Dig Rush, falling blocks, I-BiT, Occlu-tab, Vivid Vision, and movies are reviewed for binocular amblyopia management.
topic amblyopia
binocular treatment
dichoptic movies
video games
url https://www.mdpi.com/2411-5150/5/2/31
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