exophoria


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exophoria

[‚ek·sə′fȯr·ē·ə]
(medicine)
A type of heterophoria in which the visual lines tend outward.
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In Condition 3, one participant showed a significant increase in exophoria.
Binocular virtual reality displays: when problems do and don't occur
62), which ranged from 14 exophoria to 1 esophoria in the group.
Effect of oculomotor rehabilitation on vergence responsivity in mild traumatic brain injury
Intermittent exotropia, which sometimes begins as exophoria, is the most common fotm of exodeviation.
Factors influencing the surgical success in patients with intermittent exotropia/Intermitan ekzotropyada cerrahi basariyi etkileyen faktorler
Contact lenses may also be considered to control distance exophoria by negatively over-correcting the refractive error where amplitudes of accommodation permit.
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Each manifested a receded NPC, abnormally high exophoria at near, and decreased compensatory fusional vergence ranges at near; thus, they were classified as having CI [4].
Vergence in mild traumatic brain injury: a pilot study
Five exhibited esophoria, while two exhibited exophoria of greater than 6 PDs.
Accommodation in mild traumatic brain injury
A high prevalence of reduced VA, reduced accommodation and exophoria and exOtropia are also commonly reported.
Acquired brain injury part 3: managing the patient with ABI
50 95 6/6+ DV CT 3[DELTA] R/L 2[DELTA] exophoria NV CT 6[DELTA] R/L 8[DELTA] exophoria Near vertical fusional reserve x/6/4 Intermittent diplopia for a few weeks, covers one eye to read
Management options for adult binocular vision disorders: part 2: heterophoria
visual acuity May or may not have underlying organic cause Problem Clinical signs Primary convergence Exophoria for near insufficiency Reduced convergence Reduced base out fusional reserves Secondary convergence Exophoria for near insufficiency Reduced convergence Reduced base out fusional reserves Primary convergence Exophoria or paresis or paralysis exotropia for near.
Orthoptic exercises: a forgotten art?
Decompensated exophoria at near is easiest to treat with eye exercise.
Managing heterophoria: in this two-part series on heterophoria, optometrist Amar-Kaash Gandecha discusses its management
These are measured using a prism bar, and the fusional reserve opposing the phoria observed in the cover test should be measured first--for example base out to force convergence in exophoria.
Visit 3: heterophoria: in the first of a two-part series on heterophoria, optometrist Amar-Kaash Gandecha discusses its identification and investigation
A myopic child with a large exophoria at near will probably benefit from spectacles wear for near work as well as distance.
Optometric management of childhood visual problems: young children's vision Part 5 C-18925 O/D
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