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Investigation of the Effect of Different Eye Exercises on Hypermetropia in School-age Children

NCT03347734 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2018-05-11

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Summary

Hypermetropia in school-aged children is a pathology which is very common and responds to treatments early. No studies have been found in the literature on the efficancy of the hypermetropia treatments with physiotherapy methods. In our study, it was aimed to investigate the effects of different eye exercises on hypermetropia defects in school age children aged 7-17 years and to determine whether exercise protocols have superiority against each other.

Conditions

  • Hyperopia

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Eye exercises group

* 20 times hot water, 20 times cold water washing face in the morning and evening. * Palming; 2 hands are rubbed together and warmed up, and the eyes are closed, and 8 digits are drawn with eyes in darkness. * 20 blinks * Looking at a clock in a circular shape, from 12 to 6, from 6 to 12, from 3 to 9, from 9 to 3, from 2 to 8, from 8 to 2, oblique from 10 to 4, from 4 to 10, and turning the eyes starting from 12 clockwise and counterclockwise. At the end of the exercises, 2-3 minutes of light massage around the eyes and on sunny days, sunbathing was recommended by closing the eyes for 3-5 minutes and swinging to the left and right.

BEHAVIORAL

Convergence exercise group

* Close eyes for 15 s, * Focus on a point 1 to 1.5 ft away for 10 s, * Close eyes for 5 s, * Focus on a point 20 ft away for 10 s, * Close eyes for 5 s, * Focus on a point 1 to 1.5 ft away for 10 s, * Blink for 5 s, * Close eyes for 5 s.

BEHAVIORAL

Oculomotor Exercise Group (OMEG)

* The saccadic eye movement exercise included moving the eyes horizontally between two stationary targets while keeping the head still. * The smooth pursuit exercise included moving the target horizontally and tracking it with the eyes while keeping the head still. * The adaptation X1 exercise included moving the head horizontally while keeping the stationary target in focus. * The adaptation X2 exercise included moving the head and target in opposite directions horizontally while tracking the target with the eyes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Medipol University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Candan Algun · Faculty of Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-02-01
Primary Completion
2017-06-14
Completion
2017-10-25

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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