Ocular Motor Function in Children with Spastic Hemiplegia Evaluated by the Ocular Motor Score.
Strabismus
; 25(3): 156-159, 2017 09.
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| ID: mdl-28771056
PURPOSE: To assess the ocular motor functions in children with spastic hemiplegia by using the Ocular Motor Score (OMS). MATERIAL: This study included 34 children, median age 11 years. The children were divided into 3 groups according to the underlying brain lesion; group 1 malformations, group 2 white matter damage of immaturity (WMDI), and group 3 cortical/subcortical lesions. METHODS: The OMS protocol consists of 15 different subtests evaluating ocular motor functions. The OMS is divided into 2 parts, a static and a dynamic. The results from each subtest are scored 0, 0.3, 0.5, or 1, according to the level of disturbance, where 0 corresponds to normal function and 1 represents the maximum disability in the certain subtest. A total OMS (tOMS) between 0 and 15 can be obtained. RESULTS: The median tOMS in the whole spastic hemiplegia group was 2.5 (range 1.3-5.8). The highest median tOMS 5.2 was seen in group 1, in the children with malformations. Strabismus was found in 45% (15/34) of the children, with an equal percentage in all 3 groups. CONCLUSIONS: The children with spastic hemiplegia had a median tOMS of 2.7 and the highest median tOMS was seen in children with malformations. The OMS protocol is easy to use clinically and gives a quick overview of the patient´s ocular motor functions.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological
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Hemiplegia
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Oculomotor Nerve
Type of study:
Etiology_studies
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Guideline
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Strabismus
Journal subject:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Suecia
Country of publication:
Reino Unido