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[Deep amblyopia and postural prisms].

C Marucchi·B Fouche
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Physiopathology of amblyopia and adaptative mechanisms of postural system should be considered among strabismic amblyopia with excentric fixation. Such patients have a "Body Image" of postural dissymetry which ocular torticollis is only caricatural. A symptomatical therapy, as modification of postural tonus regulation, is justified by the hypothesis that excentration of the fixation should be compare to postural dysregulation. This paper report four cases of amblyopia (children and adults) already treated by classical methods without results who obtained ameliorations by a combined ophthalmological with postural treatment and by the way confirm this hypothesis.

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Adaptation, OcularAdaptation, PhysiologicalAdultAmblyopiaChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansMaleOptics and PhotonicsPostureVision TestsCase ReportsEnglish AbstractJournal Article

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C Marucchi, B Fouche. 1991. [Deep amblyopia and postural prisms].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1951925/

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