Spectacles Lens in Concussed Kids

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Concussion, Mild, Convergence Insufficiency, Accommodation; Insufficiency

In brief

We will be looking at 3 treatment arms in the form of different type of glasses to see if one is superior to helping kids have sustained a concussion and are symptomatic.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03123822

Run by

University of Alabama at Birmingham

People needed

10

Starts

2017-10-31

Expected to finish

2021-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2022-06-23

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Sustained a concussion > 6 weeks < 16 weeks from date of initial visit
• Criteria for concussion: formally diagnosed by physician
• Minimum best corrected visual acuity: 20/25 in right and left eyes at distance and 20/30 both eyes at near
• Minimum Stereopsis: 500" global
• CISS score > 16
• Refractive error at least + 0.50D sphere or cylinder
• Ability to clear > 0.50 cycles per minute in monocular accommodative flipper of and binocular accommodative flipper of +/-1.50

You may not qualify if…

• Diplopia from nerve palsies
• Retinal pathology
• Previous treatment of any amount of bifocal lenses and base in prism since concussion.
• Vision therapy > 6 weeks since concussion

Where it is running

• University of Alabama School of Optometry — Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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