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. 2022 Apr 11;23:289. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06246-4

Table 2.

Hospital based and home-based orthoptic therapy procedure

Phase Therapy location Training technique Endpoint
Phase 1 Hospital-based therapy Training with major amblyoscope to build fine retina correspondence Achieve simultaneous vision and build fusion
Cheiroscopic drawing with single oblique stereoscope Achieve simultaneous vision and build fusion
Vectograms (quoits or clowns) for convergence 33 BO for twice for patients without stereopsis
Increasing fusional convergence based on stereoscopic stimuli 34 BO for twice for patient with stereopsis
Home therapy Red/green bar reader Maintain single binocular without suppression
Barrel card Easily fuse three dots
Brock string Successfully converge to 2.5 cm from his or her nose.
Letter chart monocular accommodative facility (MAF) Start from 20/50, go to 20/40 or 20/30, when result of MAF is 17.5 cpm
Phase 2 Hospital-based vision therapy Training with major amblyoscope to increase fusional convergence Fusional convergence reserve is more than +25° (based on different subjective angle of exodeviation, the amount of fusional convergence demand is different)
Vectograms (quoits or clowns) for divergence 15 BI with stereopsis
Aperture rule for convergence and divergence 12 pictures for convergence, 7 pictures for divergence.
Random vergence facility based on stereoscopic stimuli More than 650 times in 15 minutes
Home-based vision therapy Aperture rule 7 for divergence and 12 for convergence
Letter chart BAF More than 17.5 cpm (20/30)
Computerized binocular vision therapy procedure Achieve clear single binocular vision with 40 to 50 BO and 10 to 15 BI.
Phase 3 Hospital-based vision therapy Training with major amblyoscope to increase fusional convergence Fusional convergence reserve is more than +25° (based on different subjective angle of strabismus, amount of fusional convergence demand is different)
Aperture rule with lens or prism flipper Accomplish with ±2.00 lens flipper
Random vergence facility based on stereoscopic stimuli More than 650 times in 15 minutes
Bernell-O-Scope for vergence facility 8 pictures for BI and BO each
Free space fusion with lifesaver card Easily accomplish convergence and divergence
VR training that combines pursuit and saccade Accuracy ratio more than 90% in increasing difficulty
Home-based vision therapy Aperture rule with ±2.00 lens flipper Accomplish 7 in divergence and 12 in convergence
Lifesaver card Easily accomplish divergence and convergence

BO base out, BI base in, BAF binocular accommodative facility, cpm cycles per minute, VR virtual reality