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Use of Eye Exercises to Improve Vision

NCT ID: NCT03054597

Last Updated: 2017-10-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

19 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-02-29

Study Completion Date

2012-04-30

Brief Summary

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Children in the United States watch an average of twenty-eight hours of television and play around thirteen hours of video games per week. The objective of this experiment was to see if a specific eye exercises could strengthen the eye muscles and improve the peripheral vision range of children and adults.

Detailed Description

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Children in the United States watch an average of twenty-eight hours of television and play around thirteen hours of video games per week. When their eyes are focused, people tend to blink their eyes less, exacerbating the problem of eye fatigue or stress. The objective of this study is to see if a novel exercise technique can increase eye muscle strength and widen peripheral vision. Experiments were conducted by asking the test subjects to follow, with their eyes, a set of blinking LED lights on 3 vision exercise devices. These LED lights were laid in circular or diagonal configurations, and programmed using a microcontroller to blink or 'move' in certain directions and at certain speeds. An endurance score, measured as total time that the test subject completed while following the blinking LED lights before his/her eyes became tired, was recorded. Nineteen test subjects aged 12-81 were asked to exercise their eyes four times over 2 weeks using the devices for as long as they could until they experienced mild eye fatigue. Endurance scores, peripheral vision, and peripheral reading ranges were assessed before and after the training sessions.

Conditions

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Eye Strain

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Adults

The arm consisted of adult participants who underwent:

Circular Light Motion exercises: 4 times over 2 weeks Diagonal Light Motion exercises: 4 times over 2 weeks Peripheral Light Motion exercises: 4 times over 2 weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Circular light motion

Intervention Type DEVICE

Exercise with circular light motion

Diagonal light motion

Intervention Type DEVICE

Exercise with diagonal light motion

Peripheral light motion

Intervention Type DEVICE

Exercise with peripheral light motion

Exercise

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Children

The arm consisted of child participants who underwent:

Circular Light Motion exercises: 4 times over 2 weeks Diagonal Light Motion exercises: 4 times over 2 weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Circular light motion

Intervention Type DEVICE

Exercise with circular light motion

Diagonal light motion

Intervention Type DEVICE

Exercise with diagonal light motion

Exercise

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Interventions

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Circular light motion

Exercise with circular light motion

Intervention Type DEVICE

Diagonal light motion

Exercise with diagonal light motion

Intervention Type DEVICE

Peripheral light motion

Exercise with peripheral light motion

Intervention Type DEVICE

Exercise

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Able to read English

Exclusion Criteria

* Cannot be colorblind
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of California, Davis

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Hopkins Junior High School

Fremont, California, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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ACSEF2012JB

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id