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Treatment of vertical heterophoria ameliorates persistent post-concussive symptoms

February 4, 2016

A new study was just published establishing the link between post concussive syndrome and vertical heterophoria. In this retrospective study there was shown to be an 80% reduction in symptoms using ... View

Prism vs. Prozac: A Novel Approach to the Amelioration of Anxiety

December 21, 2015

Poster Presentation at the Anxiety Disorders of America Annual Meeting, Arlington, VA, April 2012 The objective of this study is to utilize validated survey instruments and other metrics to ... View

Identification of Binocular Vision Dysfunction (Vertical Heterophoria) in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients and Effects of Individualized Prismatic Spectacle Lenses in the Treatment of Post-concussive Symptoms: A Retrospective Analysis

December 21, 2015

Published in the PM&R Journal, April 2010 Objective: To identify a form of binocular vision dysfunction (vertical heterophoria) in a traumatic brain injury (TBI) population and to assess the ... View

A Retrospective Analysis of Vertical Heterophoria Treatment and Amelioration of Post-Concussive Disorder Symptoms Utilizing a Multifaceted Assessment Battery

December 21, 2015

Poster Presentation at the 9th World Congress on Brain Injury, Edinburgh, Scotland March 2012 We began developing our technique for diagnosing and treating Vertical Heterophoria in 1995, derived ... View

Chronic headache amelioration with prismatic lens treatment of vertical heterophoria

December 21, 2015

Presented at the American Headache Society 54th Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, June 2012 Objective: The objective of this study was to quantify the reduction of headache symptoms with ... View

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