MP-1 Biofeedback: Pattern Stimulus Versus Audio-feedback in AMD

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University of Roma La Sapienza

KLINIK ÇALIŞMA: NCT01243645

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Background:

Biofeedback techniques have demonstrated their uselfulness in the treatment of maculopathies. We wanted to evaluate the efficacy of visual rehabilitation by means of two different types of biofeedback techniques in patients with age related macular degeneration (AMD).

Methods:

30 patients bilaterally affected by AMD were enrolled with a mean age of 76,38±8,77 yrs. Patients were randomly divided in two groups: Group A was treated with an acoustic biofeedback, Group B with luminous biofeedback of a black and white checkerboard flickering during the examination. All patients underwent a complete ophthalmological examination. Rehabilitation consisted in 12 training sessions of 10 minutes for each eye performed once a week for both groups. Statistical analysis was performed using t- test. P values less than 0.05 were considered statistically significant.

Results:

Group A: visual acuity at the end of rehabilitation had improved, but this result was not statistically significant (p=0.054), reading speed showed a significant statistical improvement (p=0.031), as well as the fixation stability (p=0.0023) and single point mean retinal sensitivity value (p=0.044).

Group B: visual acuity improvement at the end of rehabilitation was statistically significant (p=0.048), reading speed showed a statistically significant improvement (p=0.024), as well as fixation stability (p=0.0012) and mean single point retinal sensitivity value (p=0.027). Final results for both groups were compared and patients in group B showed results which were statistically more significant.

Conclusion:

A contrast rich flickering biofeedback stimulus showed a statistically significant improvement in training the patients to modify their preferred retinal locus (PRL) in comparison to acoustic biofeedback. It is possible that increased involvement of the various retinal cell populations with visual stimuli create more efficient ganglion cell response that better utilize the residual retinal function.

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Son Doğrulandı:	08/31/2010
İlk Gönderilen:	11/16/2010
Tahmini Kayıt Gönderildi:	11/16/2010
İlk Gönderilen:	11/17/2010
Son Güncelleme Gönderildi:	11/16/2010
Son Güncelleme Gönderildi:	11/17/2010

Durum veya hastalık

Age Related Macular Degeneration

Müdahale / tedavi

Behavioral: biofeedback training

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Uygunluk kriterleri

Çalışmaya Uygun Yaşlar	56 Years İçin 56 Years
Çalışmaya Uygun Cinsiyetler	All
Sağlıklı Gönüllüleri Kabul Ediyor	Hayır
Kriterler	Inclusion Criteria: - We enrolled 30 patients (18 women and 12 men), ranging in age from 56-89 with a mean of 76.38 ±8.77, bilaterally affected by neovascular AMD from the Medical Retina Unit of the Department of Ophthalmology, University La Sapienza of Rome, Polo Pontino, A. Fiorini Hospital from August 2009 to July 2010. Diagnosis of neovascular AMD was based on a complete ophthalmological examination including anterior and posterior segment biomicroscopy, Fluorescein Angiography (Heidelberg HRA2 FA module Heidelberg Germany), spectral domain OCT (Heidelberg HRA-2 OCT module Heidelberg Germany), microperimetry with MP-1 (NIDEK Technologies Padua Italy). Exclusion Criteria: - Patients with other eye diseases (i.e. glaucoma, myopia, retinal detachment, etc), uncooperative patients and patients with media opacities were excluded.

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Birincil Sonuç Ölçütleri

1. improvement of visual acuity [undefined]

İkincil Sonuç Ölçütleri

1. improvement of retinal sensitivity [undefined]

MP-1 Biofeedback: Pattern Stimulus Versus Audio-feedback in AMD

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ganglion cysts

atrofi

macular degeneration