BV Flashcards
Tests that measure the direction and magnitude of the ocular deviation
CT
VG phoria (cannot differentiate phoria from tropia)
Maddox rod (cannot differentiate phoria from tropia)
Modified thorington (cannot differentiate phoria from tropia)
FD (only one measured under associated conditions)
Direct and indirect tests that measure vergence
Direct: Smooth vergence, step vergence, vergence facility
Indirect: NRA/PRA, FCC, bino accommodative facility, MEM ret.
2 tests that measure sensory status- suppression and stereo
Ran dot and Worth 4 dot
Phi phenom during CT
Exo sees image move with paddle
Eso sees image move opposite of paddle
Crossed, uncrossed, homo, hetero
Eso: Uncrossed, homo
Exo: Crossed, hetero
Modified Thorington
Purpose: Subjective, dissociated test that measures mag and direction of deviation. (cannot differentiate phoria from tropia)
Card held at 40cm
Pt holds maddox rod over rt eye, dr shines light through the center of the card
Similar to maddox rod but has numbers on the graph
Fixation Disparity
- What is it
- Examples of tests that measure FD
Very small misalignment of the visual axes (measured in minutes of arc)
NOT observed with standard tests for ocular alignment. The object falls within Panums fusional area for the corresponding retinal points in each eye, therefore, it is seen as single.
Always measured under associated conditions
Wesson and Sheedy tests measure FD.
How to use the Wesson card to measure FD
Associated conditions
Pt holds Wesson card at 40cm while wearing polarized glasses.
It has a black arrow pointing up to colored lines. The pt tells you which color the arrow is pointing to. Technically, it’s always pointing to the center red line but it will appear to be displaced for a patient with FD.
4 types of FD curves and what are the X and Y axes
X: Associated phoria (the amount of prism required to neutralize the FD)
Y: FD
1- Most common, prob asymptomatic
2- Eso
3- Exo
4- Unstable.
How to calculate ACA ratio
Multiply the accommodative stimulus amount x distance pd in cm. This is the stimulus to converge.
Map out their tonic and near phoria.
Figure out the change in convergence based on the stimulus to converge number / change in accommodation.
Change in convergence/ change in accommodation
2 types of ACA
Cacluated/Frys ACA- measured at 2 distances. Proximal convergence may cause a larger ACA.
Gradient ACA- Measured at the same distance with 2 different lenses.
How to treat patients with low or high ACA
High ACA patients will respond well to sphere lenses. An eso pt with high ACA ratio will significantly relax their accommodative convergence with addition of small plus.
Low ACA patients respond better to prism or VT
Smooth vergences
What does the blur break and recovery mean
Blur- ran out of fusional vergence (PFV and NFV)
Break- ran out of fusional AND accommodative vergence
Recovery should be at least 1/2 the break. Assess the flexibility of the bino system to regain fusion after diplopia occurs.
Sheard and percivals is better for estimating prism in esos or exos?
Sheard- exo
Percival- Eso
Sheard
Good at estimating prism for exo
Compensatory fusional vergence (blur) should be at least 2x the phoria.
Percival
Good at estimating prism for eso
Smaller fusional vergence reserve should be at least 1/2 the greater fusional vergence reserve. This places the demand within the middle 3rd of the zone of clear binocular vision.
Does NOT take into account the amt of phoria
Vergence facility testing
12 BO and 3 BI flippers.
Have pt view a near card.
Norm: 15 cpm (cycle= clear BO and BI)
NPC norms
5/7
Amp minimum, average, max
Min: 15-1/4 age
Avg: 18.5- 1/3 age
Max: 25 - 2/5 age
Minus lens test to measure accommodation
Subjective measurement of amp
Pt is behind horopter looking at 40cm target.
Add minus until completely blurred.
If you could add -2.00D then add that to the stimulus of -2.50 at 40cm. Add +0.50 back to account for minification.
accommodative facility testing
+2/-2 flippers
8cpm bino
11cpm mono
How to interpret accommodative facility results
- Inadequate clearing of plus and minus
- Inadequate clearing of plus under mono and bino
- Inadequate clearing of minus under mono and bino
- Inadequate clearing of plus/minus under bino, normal under mono
- Poor facility
- Over accommodation. can’t relax.
- Accommodative insufficient. Cant stimulate.
- vergence problem, normal accommodative system.
Main difference between MEM and FC
MEM OBJECTIVELY determines the accuracy of the accommodative response.
FCC SUBJECTIVELY determines the accuracy of the accommodative response.
NRA/PRA norms
+2.50/-2.50
Most common non-accommodative binocular vision disorder
CI
Affects 3-5% of the population
Difference between CI and pseudo CI
Pseudo CI is an accommodative problem leading to decreased convergence.
Unlike a normal CI, pseudo CI will have decreased Amp and respond well to plus. They will not like minus= low PRA.
CI is longstanding problem. What if the patient presents with sudden symptoms?
MS and MG (fatigue)
Least common non-strab bino vision disorder
DI
DI symptoms and signs
Least common BV disorder
Intermittent diplopia at distance that is worse at the end of the day. Fatigue, blurry vision, difficulty focusing from far to near
More eso at distance, low ACA, low PRA/NFV at distance.
Differential: CN 6 palsy (non-comitant eso deviation)
Differential for DI
CN 6 palsy
If you do CT in different directions of gaze, you will see that the palsy has non comitant deviations.