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Reading Performance and Compensatory Head Posture in Infantile Nystagmus after Null Zone Training

This study aimed to assess the visual function, reading performance, and compensatory head posture (CHP) in schoolchildren with infantile nystagmus. A total of 18 participants aged between 13 to 18 years old were divided into spectacle (n = 9) and null zone group (n = 9) based on their visual acuity...

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Autores principales: Mohamad Fadzil, Norliza, Mohammed, Zainora, Mohamad Shahimin, Mizhanim, Saliman, Noor Haziq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6926938/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783492
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234728
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author Mohamad Fadzil, Norliza
Mohammed, Zainora
Mohamad Shahimin, Mizhanim
Saliman, Noor Haziq
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Mohammed, Zainora
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description This study aimed to assess the visual function, reading performance, and compensatory head posture (CHP) in schoolchildren with infantile nystagmus. A total of 18 participants aged between 13 to 18 years old were divided into spectacle (n = 9) and null zone group (n = 9) based on their visual acuity. Visual acuity (LogMAR), contrast sensitivity (Pelli–Robson), reading time and rate (Tobii TX300), and CHP were measured pre and post null zone reading training. Participants in the null zone group received 10 sessions of training (5 weeks). Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity of participants in the spectacle and null zone groups were not significantly different pre and post training. Reading performance, i.e., reading time (z = −1.36; p = 0.173) and reading rate (z = −0.06; p = 0.953), of participants in the spectacle group was not significantly different after 5 weeks. Reading time (z = −2.55; p = 0.011) and reading rate (z = −2.07; p = 0.038 of participants in the null zone group showed significant improvement post training. After 5 weeks, CHP improved in six out of the nine participants (66.7%) of the null zone group and was unchanged in all participants in the spectacle group. Null zone reading training could benefit children with infantile nystagmus in improving reading performance and compensatory head posture.
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spelling pubmed-69269382019-12-23 Reading Performance and Compensatory Head Posture in Infantile Nystagmus after Null Zone Training Mohamad Fadzil, Norliza Mohammed, Zainora Mohamad Shahimin, Mizhanim Saliman, Noor Haziq Int J Environ Res Public Health Article This study aimed to assess the visual function, reading performance, and compensatory head posture (CHP) in schoolchildren with infantile nystagmus. A total of 18 participants aged between 13 to 18 years old were divided into spectacle (n = 9) and null zone group (n = 9) based on their visual acuity. Visual acuity (LogMAR), contrast sensitivity (Pelli–Robson), reading time and rate (Tobii TX300), and CHP were measured pre and post null zone reading training. Participants in the null zone group received 10 sessions of training (5 weeks). Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity of participants in the spectacle and null zone groups were not significantly different pre and post training. Reading performance, i.e., reading time (z = −1.36; p = 0.173) and reading rate (z = −0.06; p = 0.953), of participants in the spectacle group was not significantly different after 5 weeks. Reading time (z = −2.55; p = 0.011) and reading rate (z = −2.07; p = 0.038 of participants in the null zone group showed significant improvement post training. After 5 weeks, CHP improved in six out of the nine participants (66.7%) of the null zone group and was unchanged in all participants in the spectacle group. Null zone reading training could benefit children with infantile nystagmus in improving reading performance and compensatory head posture. MDPI 2019-11-27 2019-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6926938/ /pubmed/31783492 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234728 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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title_short Reading Performance and Compensatory Head Posture in Infantile Nystagmus after Null Zone Training
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6926938/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234728
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