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THE ORTHOPHORIZATION OF HETEROPHORIA
Author(s) -
Dowley D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
ophthalmic and physiological optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1475-1313
pISSN - 0275-5408
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1313.1987.tb01016.x
Subject(s) - heterophoria , optometry , psychology , medicine , ophthalmology , strabismus
The distribution of heterophoria within the general population is significantly non‐normal and a high incidence of approximate orthophoria is observed. This observation has been named the orthophorization of heterophoria. It has been suggested that prism adaptation is the mechanism underlying orthophorization. A prolonged occlusion experiment has been used to investigate this possibility and further supports this theory.