I am an ophthalmologist who treats many patients with nystagmus. I am interested in getting feedback from persons who have undergone biofeedback for congenital nystagmus, in order to better advise my own patients.

1. Could You please provide me the details of the medical researches?

By Robert on Sunday, May 9, 1999 - 09:19 am:

> I have heard of two treatments which have good results for treating
> congential nystagmus.
> 1.EEG Neurofeedback
> 2.Osteopathy
> Please reply for further details
> ju37@hotmail.com
>

found in search of Medline at
http://www.healthgate.com/medline/search-medline.shtml


Title
Randomised double-masked placebo-controlled trial of a treatment for
congenital nystagmus.
Author
Evans BJ; Evans BV; Jordahl Moroz J; Nabee M
Address
Institute of Optometry, London, UK. bruce.evans@virgin.net
Source
Vision Res, 1998 Jul, 38:14, 2193-202
Abstract
Several therapies have been developed for congenital nystagmus (CN)
but without placebo-controlled trials. We investigated a treatment which
combined two therapies that had been advocated by several authors and
were reported to improve visual acuity (VA). A placebo treatment was
designed to mimic the time, attention, 'high tech' apparatus, and the
explanation used in the experimental treatment. To each group, 38
subjects with CN were randomly allocated. Their VA and contrast
sensitivity (CS) were assessed three times before undergoing treatment
for 6 weeks and then once more. An improvement in VA occurred,
however, this was not significantly different in the two groups. The
improvement in CS was greater in the experimental than in the control
group, but the difference failed to reach significance in most statistical
tests. We conclude that putative therapies for CN should be assumed to
be placebos until proven otherwise with randomized controlled trials.
Language of Publication
English
Unique Identifier
99014712