2016 International Orthoptic Congress Burian Lecture: Folklore or Evidence?
- 20 April 2017
- journal article
- lecture
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Strabismus
- Vol. 25 (3), 120-127
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09273972.2017.1305425
Abstract
The theme of the 2016 Burian Lecture is how our understanding of strabismus has been changed by the research carried out in our laboratory in Reading over the years. Accommodation and convergence are fundamental to orthoptics, but actual responses have often been very different compared to what we had expected. This paper outlines how our laboratory’s understanding of common issues such as normal development of accommodation and convergence, their linkage, intermittent strabismus, anisometropia, orthoptic exercises, and risk factors for strabismus have changed. A new model of thinking about convergence and accommodation may help us to better understand and predict responses in our patients.Keywords
Funding Information
- Medical Research Council (Clinician Scientist Award (G0802809))
- UK National Institute of Health Research (Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDA/01/05/031))
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