[vc_row type=”full_width_background” bg_color=”#ffffff” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” top_padding=”50″ bottom_padding=”50″ overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]VRT is supported by 15 years of research with clinical studies and papers published in more than 20 leading journals, of which some of the key findings can be summarized as:
- Approximately 70% of patients experience positive outcome reflected by an increase in their visual field and studies have indicated an average increase of 4.9 degrees (Mueller I, et al., 2007; Romano JG, et al., 2008).
- Elapsed time since injury does not seem to impact VRT therapies success. Therefore, a large historical backlog of patients can potentially be treated (Romano JG, et al., 2008).
- Improvements are permanent and do not appear to be age or gender dependent.
The average approximate five-degree improvement in central vision from VRT can make a significant difference in patients’ daily lives ((Gall C, et al,. 2008) and patients experienced a functional improvement such as improvements in their vision that impact their ability to read, walk, watch TV, and socialize comfortably.
- Vision restoration through extrastriate stimulation in patients with visual field defects – a double-blind and randomized experimental study
Autoren: Jobke S., Kasten E., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair 2009; 23:246-255
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19240199 - Visual field changes after a rehabilitation intervention: Vision Restoration Therapy
Autoren: Romano J.G., Schulz P., Kenkel S., Todd D.P.
Veröffentlichung: Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2008; 273:70-74
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18672255 - Multifactorial predictors and outcome variables of vision restoration training in patients with post-geniculate visual field loss
Autoren: Poggel D.A., Mueller I., Kasten E., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 2008; 26:321-339
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18997309 - Vision and health-related quality of life before and after vision restoration training in cerebrally damaged patients
Autoren: Gall C., Mueller I., Gudlin J., Lindig A., Schlueter D., Jobke S., Franke G., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 2008; 26:341-353
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18997310 - The topography of training-induced visual field recovery: Perimetric maps and subjective representations
Autoren: Poggel D.A., Mueller-Oehring E., Kasten E., Bunzenthal U., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Visual Cognition 2008; 16:1059
http://www.researchgate.net/publication/233832682_The_topography_of_traininginduced_visual_field_recovery_Perimetric_maps_and_subjective_representations - Brain Activity Associated With Stimulation Therapy Of The Visual Border Zone In Hemianopic Stroke Patients
Autoren: Marshall R.S., Ferrera J.J., Barnes A., Zang X., O’Brien K.A., Chmayssani M., Hirsch J., Lazar, R.M.
Veröffentlichung: Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair. 2008; 22:136-144
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17698955 - Retinal Microperimetry as a Means to Assess Visual Field Expansion in Visual Restoration Therapy
Autoren: Chmayssani M., Minzer B., Saxena N., Arogyasami R., Lazar R., Greenstein V.C., Marshall R.S.
Veröffentlichung: Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology 2008
Link http://www.researchgate.net/publication/238770947_Retinal_Microperimetry_as_a_Means_to_Assess_Visual_Field_Expansion_in_Visual_Restoration_Therapy - Stability of the Blind Spot as a Measure of Fixation Stability in Visual Restoration Therapy
Autoren: Marshall R.S., Schulz P., Kenkel S., Romano J.
Veröffentlichung: Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology 2008 - Visual function in anterior ischemic optic neuropathy: Effect of Vision Restoration Therapy – A pilot study
Autoren: Jung C.S., Bruce B., Newman N.J., Biousse V.
Veröffentlichung: Journal of the Neurological Sciences 2008; 268:145-149
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18207164 - Computer based Vision Restoration Therapy in glaucoma patients: A small open pilot study
Autoren: Gudlin J., Mueller I., Thanos S., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 2008; 26:403-412
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18997315 - Recovery of visual field defects: A large clinical observational study using Visuelle RestitutionsTherapie
Autoren: Mueller I., Mast H., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 2007; 25:563-572
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18334773 - Effect of visual restitution training on absolute homonymous scotomas
Autoren: Schreiber A., Vonthein R., Reinhard J., Trauzettel- Klosinski S., Connert C., Schiefer U.
Veröffentlichung: Neurology 2006; 67:143-145
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16832095 - Effects of long-term use of Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT) and stability of visual field improvements > 3 years
Autoren: Gall C., Müller I., Kaufmann C., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Poster präsentiert beim jährlichen Meeting der North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society 2006
http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ehsl-nam/id/550 - Visual field recovery after Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT) is independent of eye movements: An eye tracker study
Autoren: Kasten E., Bunzenthal U., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Behavioural Brain Research 2006; 175:18-26
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16970999 - Functional brain imaging, clinical and neurophysiological outcome of visual rehabilitation in a chronic stroke patient
Autoren: Julkunen L., Tenovuo O., Vorobyev V., Hiltunen J., Teräs M., Jääskeläinen S., Hämäläinen H.
Veröffentlichung: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 2006; 24:123-132
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16720948 - Does VRT Change Absolute Homonymous Visual Field Defects? A Fundus-Controlled Study
Autoren: Reinhard J., Schreiber A., Schiefer U., Kasten E., Sabel B.A., Kenkel S., Vonthein R., Trauzettel-Klosinski S.
Veröffentlichung: British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005; 89:30-35
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15615742 - Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT) efficacy as assessed by comparative perimetric analysis and subjective questionnaires
Authors: Sabel B.A., Kenkel S., Kasten E.
Publication: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience 2004; 22:399-420
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15798360 - Attentional cueing improves Visuelle RestitutionsTherapie in patients with visual field defects
Autoren: Poggel D.A., Kasten E., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Neurology, 2004; 63:2069-2076
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15596752 - Vision Restoration Therapy after brain damage: subjective improvements of activities of daily life and their relationship to visual field enlargements
Autoren: Mueller I., Poggel D.A., Kenkel S., Kasten E., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Visual Impairment Research 2003; 5: 157-178
http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1388235039048692 - Stability of Visual Field Enlargements Following Computer-Based Restitution Training – Results of a Follow-up
Autoren: Kasten E., Müller-Oehring E., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 2001; 23:297-305
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11404808 - Computer-based training for the treatment of partial blindness
Autoren: Kasten E., Wuest S., Behrens-Baumann W., Sabel B.A.
Veröffentlichung: Nature Medicine 1998; 4: 1083-1087
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9734406 - Visual field enlargement after computer training in brain-damaged patients with homonymous deficits: an open pilot trial
Authors: Kasten E., Sabel B.A.
Publication: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 1995; 8:113-127
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21551894