GENERAL ORTHOPTICS
cod. 08799

Academic year 2007/08
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Malattie apparato visivo (MED/30)
Field
"scienze ortottiche e dell'assistenza oftalmologica"
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

The student is expected to acquire the fundamental elements of the pathophysiology of sensory and motor alterations and on the treatment of forms of strabismus including the paralytic forms.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br /><br />General details on oculomotor imbalance.<br /> Heterophoria: pathophysiology. Esophorias and exophorias.<br /> Intermittent deviations and heterophoria dysfunction.<br /> Heterotropias: pathophysiology. General details on the main types of heterotropia: esotropias, exotropias, vertical strabismus and alphabet syndromes. <br /> Nystagmus (physiological nystagmus, pathological nystagmus).<br /> Paralytic strabismus.<br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

<br />Gunter k. Von Noorden: 'Visione binoculare e motilita oculare', Ed.Medical Books<br />M. Maione, G. Maraini: 'L'unita visiva sensorio-motoria", Ed. Libreria Goliardica (PR)

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