Studies on the efficacy of vision therapy

Rouse, MW. Management of binocular anomalies: efficacy of vision therapy in the treatment of accomodative deficiencies. American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics. 1987;  64 (6): 415-420.

Duckman, RH. Management of binocular anomalies: efficacy of vision therapy, exotropia. American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics. 1987;  64 (6) 421-429.

Griffin, JR. Efficacy of vision therapy for nonstrabismic vergence anomalies. American Journal of Optometry and Physiological Optics. 1987;  64 (6) 411-414.

Scheiman et al. Randomized clinical trial of treatments for symptomatic convergence insufficiency in children.  Archives of Ophthalmology. 2008; 126(10):1336-1349.

Grisham et al.  Visual skills of poor readers in hight school. Optometry. 2007; 78:542-549.

Kulp et al.  Is visual memory predictive of below -average academic achievement in second through fourth graders?  Optometry and Vision Science. 2002; 79(7): 431-434

Dusek et al.  A survey of visual function in an Austrian population of school-age chidren with reading and writing difficulties. BMC Ophthalmology. 2010; 10(16).

Alvarez et al.  Vision therapy in adults with convergence insufficiency: clinical and functional magnetic resonance imaging measures.  Optometry and Vision Science. 2010; 87(12): E985-E1002.

Goldstand et al. Vision, visual-information processing, and academicd performance among seventh-grade schoolchildren: a more significant relationship than we thought? The American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 59: 377-389.

Scheiman et al.  Long-term effectiveness of treatments for symptomatic convergence insufficiency in children. Optometry and Vision Science. 2009; 86(9): 1096-1103.

Scheiman et al.  Vision therapy/orthoptics for symptomatic convergence insufficiency in children: treatment kinetics. Optometry and Vision Science. 2010; 87(8): 593-603.

Ciuffreda et al.  Vision therapy for oculomotor dysfunctions in acquired brain injury: a retrospective analysis. 2008; 79: 18-22.

Kapoor et al. Vision disturbances following traumatic brain injury. Current Treatment Options in Neurology. 2002; 4: 271-280.

Porcar et al.  Prevalence of general binocular dysfunctions in a pupulation of university students. Optometry and Vision Science. 1997; 74(2): 111-113.

Jorge et al.  Binocular vision changes in university students: a 3-year longitudinal study. Optometry and Vision Science. 2008; 85(10): E999-E1006.

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Scheiman et al.  Treatment of accomodative dysfunction in children: results from a randomized clinical trial . Optometry and Vision Science. 2011; 88(11)

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The following are citations to research studies on the vision therapy treatment of binocular vision problems and visual information processing disorders (both organic an caused by traumatic brain injuries) as well as studies on binocular vision and academic performance and reading ability.

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Vision therapy has been shown to be effective and safe in dozens of scientific sudies published in respected scientific journals.

Scheiman at al. A randomized clinical trial of vision therapy/orthoptics versus pencil pushups for the treatment of ocnvergence insufficiency in young adults. Optometry and Vision Science. 2005; 82(7): E585-595.