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

NCT03347734 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 10840098-604.01.01- E.14383
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 60
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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

Keywords

eye exercises; convergence exercise; hyperopia; oculomotor exercise; school-age children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Visual acuity

  Snellen chart was used for visual acuity measurement. Snellen "E" was asked to be registered or registered to the device. In visual acuity measurement, individuals were evaluated with their own glasses.

  6 week

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Hypermetropic grade

  6 week

• Near and sharp visual acuity

  6 week

• Health-related quality of life

  6 week

Study Arms (3)

Eye Exercises Group (EEG)

EXPERIMENTAL

For the individuals in the group of eye exercises (GEG), 10 repetitive eye exercises protocol was organized as a home program for 6 weeks, twice a day in the morning and evening each day of the week.

Behavioral: Eye exercises group

Convergence Exercise Group (CEG)

EXPERIMENTAL

For the individuals in the group of convergence exercise, 5 minutes convergence exercise protocol was organized as a home program for 6 weeks, twice a day in the morning and evening each day of the week.

Behavioral: Convergence exercise group

Oculomotor Exercise Group (OMEG)

EXPERIMENTAL

For the individuals in the group of oculomotor exercise, 10 repetitive, four different oculomotor exercise protocols with eye stabilization were organized as home programs for 6 weeks, twice a day in the morning and evening each day of the week.

Behavioral: Oculomotor Exercise Group (OMEG)

Interventions

Eye exercises group BEHAVIORAL

* 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.

Eye Exercises Group (EEG)

Convergence exercise group BEHAVIORAL

* 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.

Convergence Exercise Group (CEG)

Oculomotor Exercise Group (OMEG) BEHAVIORAL

* 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.

Oculomotor Exercise Group (OMEG)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 7 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Having hypermetropia eye defects
• Max. having a 1.50 D astigmatism defect
• Using glasses
• Having mental capacity in the level to understand and do exercises
• Not having systemic disease preventing exercise

You may not qualify if:

• Having undergone eye surgery
• Having more than 1.50 D astigmatism defect
• Not using glasses

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Medipol University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Istanbul Medipol Universty

Istanbul, Beykoz, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Langer E, Djikic M, Pirson M, Madenci A, Donohue R. Believing is seeing: using mindlessness (mindfully) to improve visual acuity. Psychol Sci. 2010 May;21(5):661-6. doi: 10.1177/0956797610366543. Epub 2010 Mar 19.

  PMID: 20483844 RESULT

• Morimoto H, Asai Y, Johnson EG, Lohman EB, Khoo K, Mizutani Y, Mizutani T. Effect of oculo-motor and gaze stability exercises on postural stability and dynamic visual acuity in healthy young adults. Gait Posture. 2011 Apr;33(4):600-3. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2011.01.016. Epub 2011 Feb 19.

  PMID: 21334899 RESULT

• Kang MT, Li SM, Peng X, Li L, Ran A, Meng B, Sun Y, Liu LR, Li H, Millodot M, Wang N. Chinese Eye Exercises and Myopia Development in School Age Children: A Nested Case-control Study. Sci Rep. 2016 Jun 22;6:28531. doi: 10.1038/srep28531.

  PMID: 27329615 RESULT

Related Links

• History of eyes exercise

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hyperopia

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Refractive Errors; Eye Diseases

Study Officials

• Candan Algun

  Faculty of Health Sciences

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Participants do not have information about treatment content and groups. He is only aware of exercise therapy applied to him.The ophthalmologist performed evaluations without knowledge of the groups in which the participants were included and of exercise therapy administered.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Lecturer

Model Details: Randomized Controlled Double-Blind Study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 15, 2017
• First Posted: November 20, 2017
• Study Start: February 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 14, 2017
• Study Completion: October 25, 2017
• Last Updated: May 11, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)