Prescribing for the Athlete
The eye care practitioner is in a unique position to provide expert consultative services to athletes regarding vision correction and the potential uses and benefits of ophthalmic products. The practitioner…
Sports Vision Screening and Report Strategies
Sports vision practitioners have many opportunities to be involved with vision services for a sports team. A high percentage of professional and division I college and university sports teams in…
Visual Information Processing in Sports
Discussion, speculation, and research concerning the role of vision and visual information processing in sports have a long history. There is little debate that vision is a critical factor in…
Visual Task Analysis in Sports
Vision care for athletes should begin with the identification of visual factors that potentially contribute to peak human performance so that these specific functions can be isolated and measured, if…
Introduction to Sports Vision
Have you ever wished you could improve your batting average, lower your golf score, or just play your favorite sport better? Most people who participate in sporting activities love to…
Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome
Vitreomacular Traction Syndrome SALIENT FEATURES Incomplete separation of the posterior hyaloid from the macula during the posterior vitreous detachment process with resulting traction is defined as vitreomacular traction (VMT). VMT…
Lamellar Macular Hole and Epiretinal Proliferation
Lamellar Macular Hole and Epiretinal Proliferation SALIENT FEATURES Lamellar macular holes are partial-thickness defects of the macula with intraretinal separation between retinal layers causing loss of the foveal inner retinal…
Epiretinal Membrane
Epiretinal Membrane SALIENT FEATURES Epiretinal membrane (ERM), also termed “macular pucker,” is a common condition that arises from fibrocellular proliferation at the vitreoretinal interface.1 ERM is most commonly idiopathic and…
Full-Thickness Macular Hole
Full-Thickness Macular Hole SALIENT FEATURES Full-thickness macular hole (FTMH) is a full-thickness defect resulting in absence of all retinal layers from the internal limiting membrane to retinal pigment epithelium at…
Vitreomacular Adhesion and the Normal Vitreoretinal Interface
Vitreomacular Adhesion and the Normal Vitreoretinal Interface SALIENT FEATURES The vitreous includes an outer cortex of primarily type 2 collagen (ie, the posterior hyaloid) that attaches the posterior vitreous body…
