Vergence and accommodation responses in the control of intermittent exotropia

Author:

Mestre Clara1ORCID,Neupane Sonisha2,Manh Vivian3,Tarczy‐Hornoch Kristina34ORCID,Candy T. Rowan1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Optometry Indiana University Bloomington Indiana USA

2. Department of Psychology Northeastern University Boston Massachusetts USA

3. Division of Ophthalmology Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle Washington USA

4. University of Washington Seattle Washington USA

Abstract

AbstractPurposeIndividuals with different types of intermittent exotropia (IXT) may use neurally coupled accommodation and vergence responses differently from those without exotropia to achieve eye alignment. This study examined the relationship between simultaneously recorded accommodation and vergence responses in children and young adults with a range of types of IXT while aligned and deviated.MethodsResponses of 29 participants with IXT (4–31 years) and 24 age‐matched controls were recorded using simultaneous eye‐tracking and eccentric photorefraction while they watched a movie in binocular or monocular viewing at varying viewing distances. Gradient response AC/A ratios and fusional vergence ranges were also assessed. Eight participants had divergence or pseudo‐divergence excess type IXT, 5 had convergence insufficiency and 16 had basic IXT.ResultsControl and IXT participants accommodated similarly both in monocular and binocular‐aligned conditions to visual targets at 80 and 33 cm. When deviated in binocular viewing, most participants with IXT exhibited changes in accommodation <0.5D relative to alignment. Gradient response AC/A ratios were similar for control [0.56 MA/D (IQR: 0.51 MA/D)] and IXT participants [0.42 MA/D (0.54 MA/D); p  = 0.60]. IXT participants showed larger vergence to accommodation ratios with changes from distance to near fixation [1.19 MA/D (1.45 MA/D)] than control participants [0.78 MA/D (0.60 MA/D); p = 0.02], especially among IXT participants with divergence or pseudo‐divergence excess. Participants with IXT exhibited typical fusional divergence ranges beyond their dissociated position [8.86 Δ (7.10 Δ)] and typical fusional convergence ranges from alignment [18 Δ (15.75 Δ)].ConclusionsThis study suggests that control of IXT is typically neither driven by accommodative convergence alone nor associated with over‐accommodation secondary to fusional convergence efforts. These simultaneous measurements confirmed that proximal vergence contributed significantly to IXT control, particularly for divergence or pseudo‐divergence excess type IXT. For IXT participants in this study, achieving eye alignment did not conflict with having clear vision.

Funder

National Eye Institute

Research to Prevent Blindness

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Sensory Systems,Optometry,Ophthalmology

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