An Active Approach to Treat Amblyopia: Video Game Play

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Conditions studied: Amblyopia

In brief

Amblyopia, a developmental abnormality that impairs spatial vision, is a major cause of vision loss, resulting in reduced visual acuity and reduced sensitivity to contrast. This study uses psychophysical measures to study neural plasticity in adults with amblyopia.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01223716

Run by

University of California, Berkeley

People needed

20

Starts

2004-12-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-05-17

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults with amblyopia (Age >15 years)
• Amblyopia: interocular visual acuity difference of at least 0.1 logMAR
• All forms of amblyopia: Strabismic, anisometropic, refractive, deprivative, meridional amblyopia

You may not qualify if…

• Any ocular pathological conditions (eg macula abnormalities, glaucoma), nystagmus

Where it is running

• Minor Hall 486, School of Optometry, University of California, Berkeley — Berkeley, California, United States

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