Clinical Studies
The following is a compilation of clinical trials and studies:
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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Treatments for Convergence Insufficiency in Children
The authors of this clinical trial found that vision therapy/orthopics was more effective than pencil push-ups or placebo vision therapy/orthoptics in reducing symptoms and improving signs of convergence insufficiency in children 9 to 18 years of age.
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This article focuses on the scientific basis for Vision Therapy. It reviews studies that used objective recording techniques in order to assess the impact of vision therapy on the oculomotor system.
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A Summary of Research and Clinical Studies on Vision and Learning
A listing of some of the research reports and clinical studies on the relationship of vision to reading and learning ability and the effectiveness of vision therapy in the treatment of learning-related vision problems.
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Research and Clinical Studies on Vision, Learning and Optometric Vision Therapy
This paper presents over 350 abstracts from 77 different journals within the fields of education, optometry, opthalmology, neurology and psychology. It includes all works relating to vision and learning, including papers that purport there is no relationship between vision and learning – of which there are only 15.
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Summary of Research on the Efficacy of Vision Therapy for Specific Visual Dysfunctions
This paper looks at studies on the largest areas of vision therapy treatment, which include accommodative and vergence anomalies. The results of several large sample retrospective studies provide compelling evidence of the effectiveness of vision therapy.
