PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Prem S. Subramanian
AU  - Jason J. S. Barton
AU  - Paul Ranalli
AU  - Craig Smith
AU  - Courtney E Francis
AU  - Benjamin Frishberg
TI  - Consensus Statement on Visual Rehabilitation in Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
AID  - 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200071
DP  - 2022 Aug 31
TA  - Neurology: Clinical Practice
PG  - 10.1212/CPJ.0000000000200071
4099  - http://cp.neurology.org/content/early/2022/08/31/CPJ.0000000000200071.short
4100  - http://cp.neurology.org/content/early/2022/08/31/CPJ.0000000000200071.full
AB  - Optometric visual rehabilitation therapy has been employed for a variety of visual disorders. Descriptively-named entities such as post trauma visual syndrome (PTVS), visual midline shift syndrome (VMSS), and vertical heterophoria syndrome (VHS) are frequently diagnosed by neuro-optometrists and/or behavioral optometrist in patients after stroke or head injury or in the setting of dizziness and/or headache. The scientific underpinnings of these diagnoses and treatments are weak, and published clinical studies comprise case reports and case series without comparison to control populations. Neuro-ophthalmologists are frequently questioned by patients about the utility of such treatment strategies. Many ophthalmologists and neurologists also are involved in the care of patients who carry these diagnoses and undergo these visual therapies. Involved physicians may benefit from guidance about the rationale, evidence, and level of evidence for the efficacy of these therapeutic approaches.