- Docente: Michela Fresina
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/30
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Orthoptics and Assistance in Ophthalmology (for certified professional orthoptists and assistants in ophthalmology) (cod. 0163)
Learning outcomes
Knowledge of incomitant alterations of ocular motility and of nystagmus: basic concepts on the nature of various types of paralysis and restrictive syndromes; diagnostic approach and treatment modalities; evaluation techniques for nystagmus; surgical and non-surgical treatment of nystagmus.
Course contents
Diagnosis of binocular cooperation: the concept of dissociation; tests of suppression and ofanomalous retinal correspondence; diagnosisof nornal and anomalous binocular vision.
Red glass test; synoptophore; Hess-lancaster screen; past-pointing.
Readings/Bibliography
S. Miglior, T. Avitabile, S. Bonini, E. Campos, L. Mastropasqua: "Malattie dell'Apparato Visivo". Ed. EdiSES s.r.l., Napoli, 2014
Campos E.C. - "Strabismo: manuale di diagnosi e terapia" - Ed. Bononia University Press, 2003.
Teaching methods
Frontal lectures - Video projection of slides and movies
Assessment methods
Oral examination
Office hours
See the website of Michela Fresina