Use of Eye Exercises to Improve Vision

Eye Strain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Novel Way to Strengthen Eye Muscle and Enhance Peripheral Vision

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03054597
• Other study ID #: ACSEF2012JB
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 13, 2017
• Last updated: October 4, 2017
• Start date: February 2012
• Est. completion date: April 2012

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: University of California, Davis
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 19
• Est. completion date: April 2012
• Est. primary completion date: April 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Able to read English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Cannot be colorblind

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthenopia
• Eye Strain

Intervention

Device:
• Circular light motion
Exercise with circular light motion
• Diagonal light motion
Exercise with diagonal light motion
• Peripheral light motion
Exercise with peripheral light motion

Procedure:
• Exercise

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Hopkins Junior High School	Fremont	California

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of California, Davis

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Eye Muscle Endurance	The time spent exercising prior to eye strain	2 weeks
Secondary	Peripheral Vision	The lateral degrees at which the test subject could see a blank card	2 weeks
Secondary	Peripheral Reading Range	The lateral degrees at which the test subject could read the letters on a card	2 weeks