{"id":5830,"date":"2018-01-18T16:10:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T15:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.seri-lugano.ch\/ortottica\/"},"modified":"2024-04-11T11:23:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T09:23:45","slug":"what-is-orthoptics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seri-lugano.ch\/en\/eye-treatment-services\/what-is-orthoptics\/","title":{"rendered":"Orthoptics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”|700|||||||” header_text_align=”center” header_text_color=”#2C4E63″ header_font_size_phone=”53px” global_colors_info=”{}”]

ORTHOPTICS DEPARTMENTS<\/h1>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” width_tablet=”” width_phone=”100%” width_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_margin__hover_enabled=”off|desktop”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font=”|600|||||||” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_font_size=”26px” text_orientation=”center” text_font_size_tablet=”26px” text_font_size_phone=”18px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]

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Orthoptics (from the Greek orthos = straight, normal, and optich\u00e9 = vision, the act of seeing) is a set of techniques performed by the orthoptist aimed at visual rehabilitation. This field of ophthalmology in particular is concerned with muscular, innervational and sensory impairments.<\/p>\n

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Orthoptists are health care professionals in the field of ophthalmology specialised in the prevention, evaluation and orthoptic rehabilitation of visual disturbances and in the implementation of ophthalmic diagnostic tests. They are concerned with visual prevention in infants, pre-school and school-age children, performing tests to identify binocular vision problems such as strabismus, dyplopia (double vision) and amblyopia (lazy eye). Orthoptists also deal with certain adult disturbances such as asthenopia (visual fatigue syndrome), which can affect people working with visual display units, as well as coordinating rehabilitation programmes for low-vision patients.<\/p>\n

Frequently overlooked, especially when mild, these clinical conditions are easily resolved with timely diagnosis and treatment. The orthoptist therefore diagnoses and monitors the situations described above not only by assisting the ophthalmologist, but also by working closely with the paediatrician, psychologist, neuropsychomotor therapist, dentist and physiotherapist with regard to postural rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

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THE ROLE OF THE ORTHOPTIST AT SERI<\/h2>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||5%||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”||5%||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|5%|5%|5%|false|true” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]

At the SERI Switzerland Eye Research Institute, the orthoptist assists the ophthalmologist during ophthalmology consultations, especially with regard to pre-operative ocular motility before corrective surgery for one or more vision defects and ocular function monitoring in the immediate post-op period. With the assistance of other staff members in the fields of vision psychology and optics, the orthoptist at SERI Lugano admits and takes care of young patients who need special attention and empathetic management. An example of this is rehabilitation therapy in children by covering one of the two eyes when in the presence of the so-called \u201clazy eye\u201d (amblyopia), which consists in the tendency to prefer using one eye over the other.<\/p>\n

Our multidisciplinary team also formulates accommodative exercises, which can be extremely useful to speed up and maintain visual adjustment after refractive surgery for the correction of one or more visual defects. At the SERI Switzerland Eye Research Institute, vision therapy is also offered to patients with learning difficulties due to an impaired visuo-spatial capacity and to low-vision patients or in the presence of postural disturbances or an abnormal head posture (AHP) caused by congenital or acquired eye diseases. Among the congenital forms, mention should be made of the Duane Syndrome, which includes a group of diseases affecting the extraocular muscles that limit horizontal ocular movement both outwards (abduction) and inwards (adduction), causing a retraction of the eyeball and a restriction of eyelid movements. Nystagmus, which appears with oscillatory, rhythmic and involuntary movements of the eye balls, is also among the visual disturbances addressed by the orthoptist.<\/p>\n

Acquired diseases include the Brown Syndrome, which is characterised by a deviation of the visual axes due to a mechanical restriction: the muscle-tendon-sheath complex of the large oblique muscle does not move freely when the patient tries to look upwards and towards the nose. The paralysis of the oculomotor nerves, in particular the III cranial (common oculomotor) nerve , the IV cranial (trochlear) nerve and the VI cranial (abducent) nerve that innerve the extraocular muscles are also among acquired diseases covered. They cause strabismus characterised by dyplopia and visual confusion.<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” locked=”off”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_contact_form use_spam_service=”on” recaptcha_list=”Default|Default-0″ recaptcha_min_score=”0.6″ title=”Contact us if you’re interested in our treatments.” success_message=”Thanks for filling out the contact form! We’ll be in touch shortly!” module_id=”et_pb_contact_form_0″ _builder_version=”4.24.3″ _module_preset=”default” _unique_id=”5ac3d8f5-9e85-46da-8ae1-594c722ccd3f” title_font=”|||on|||||” title_text_align=”center” title_text_color=”#DD2E2E” title_letter_spacing=”7px” saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}” global_module=”248294″ theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_contact_field field_id=”Name” field_title=”Name” _builder_version=”4.24.3″ global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_contact_field][et_pb_contact_field field_id=”Email” field_title=”Email” field_type=”email” _builder_version=”4.24.3″ global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_contact_field][et_pb_contact_field field_id=”Message” field_title=”Message” field_type=”text” fullwidth_field=”on” _builder_version=”4.24.3″ global_colors_info=”{}” button_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=”off” button_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=”off” button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=”off” button_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=”off” field_title__hover_enabled=”off|desktop” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][\/et_pb_contact_field][\/et_pb_contact_form][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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COS'\u00c8 L'ORTOTTICA<\/b>\nL\u2019ortottica (dal greco orthos = dritto, regolare, e optich\u00e9 = visione, l\u2019atto di vedere) \u00e8 un insieme di tecniche eseguite dall\u2019ortottista, mirate alla riabilitazione visiva. Questo ramo dell\u2019oftalmologia in particolare si occupa dei deficit muscolari, innervazionali e sensoriali.\n\nDI COSA SI OCCUPA L'ORTOTTISTA<\/b>\nL\u2019ortottista<\/b>\u00a0\u00e8 il professionista sanitario che lavora in campo oftalmologico specializzato nella prevenzione, valutazione e riabilitazione ortottica dei disturbi visivi e nella esecuzione di esami strumentali oculistici. Si occupa di\u00a0prevenzione visiva in et\u00e0 infantile<\/b>, prescolare e scolare eseguendo esami volti all'identificazione delle anomalie della visione binoculare come strabismo, diplopia (visione doppia) e ambliopia (occhio pigro). Non sono esclusi alcuni disturbi dell\u2019et\u00e0 adulta come la prevenzione dell'astenopia (sindrome da affaticamento visivo), che pu\u00f2 colpire chi lavora al videoterminale e ha in carico la\u00a0riabilitazione del paziente ipovedente<\/b>\u00a0(ipovisione).<\/p>\nQueste condizioni cliniche che spesso passano misconosciute, specie se di lieve entit\u00e0, possono essere risolte agevolmente se diagnosticate e trattate tempestivamente. La figura dell\u2019ortottista si rivolge pertanto alla diagnosi ed al monitoraggio delle situazioni descritte collaborando non solo con il medico oculista, ma affiancando anche il medico pediatra, lo psicologo, il neuropsicomotricista, l\u2019odontoiatra e il fisioterapista per ci\u00f2 che riguarda la riabilitazione posturale.\n\nLA FIGURA DELL'ORTOTTISTA IN SERI LUGANO<\/b>\nAllo\u00a0Switzerland Eye Research Institute<\/b>\u00a0l\u2019ortottista<\/b>\u00a0assiste il medico oculista nello svolgimento delle consulenze oftalmologiche, soprattutto per ci\u00f2 che concerne la\u00a0motilit\u00e0 oculare preoperatoria<\/b>\u00a0in vista di un intervento di correzione di uno o pi\u00f9 difetti visivi ed il monitoraggio di pi\u00f9 funzioni oculari nell\u2019immediato post-operatorio.\u00a0L\u2019ortottista di SERI Lugano<\/b>\u00a0accoglie e si prende cura dei piccoli pazienti che necessitano di un\u2019attenzione e di una sensibilit\u00e0 particolari, in collaborazione con altro personale che compone il team dell\u2019istituto nel campo della psicologia della visione e dell\u2019ottica. Ne \u00e8 un esempio la\u00a0terapia riabilitativa nel bambino<\/b>\u00a0tramite occlusione di uno dei due occhi quando questi manifesta il cosiddetto \u201cocchio pigro<\/b>\u201d, cio\u00e8 l\u2019ambliopia, che consiste nella tendenza del piccolo paziente di utilizzare in preferenza un occhio rispetto all\u2019altro.\n\nIl team multidisciplinare inoltre imposta gli esercizi accomodativi che in alcuni casi risultano molto vantaggiosi per accelerare e mantenere l\u2019assestamento visivo dopo un intervento di chirurgia refrattiva per la correzione di uno o pi\u00f9 difetti visivi. La\u00a0Vision Therapy<\/b>\u00a0trova applicazione in SERI Switzerland Eye Research Institute anche nei confronti di coloro che manifestano difficolt\u00e0 di apprendimento legate ad una\u00a0capacit\u00e0 visuo-spaziale deficitaria<\/b>, cos\u00ec come nei\u00a0pazienti ipovedenti<\/b>\u00a0o in presenza di\u00a0disturbi posturali<\/b>\u00a0o di posizioni anomale del capo (PAC) originate da patologie oculari congenite o acquisite. Tra le forme congenite ricordiamo la\u00a0Sindrome di Duane<\/b>, che racchiude un gruppo di patologie che colpisce i muscoli extraoculari che limitano i movimenti oculari orizzontali sia verso l\u2019esterno (abduzione) che verso l\u2019interno (adduzione), provoca retrazione del globo oculare e restringimento delle rime palpebrali. Anche il\u00a0Nistagmo<\/b>, che si manifesta con movimenti oscillatori, ritmici e involontari dei globi oculari, rientra tra i disturbi della sfera visiva di competenza dell\u2019ortottista.\n\nTra le patologie acquisite troviamo invece la\u00a0Sindrome di Brown<\/b>, che si manifesta con una deviazione degli assi visivi dovuta ad una restrizione meccanica, ossia il complesso muscolo-tendine-guaina del muscolo grande obliquo non si muove liberamente quando cerchiamo di volgere lo sguardo in alto e verso il naso e le paralisi dei nervi oculomotori, in particolare del III nervo cranico (oculomotore comune), del IV nervo cranico (trocleare) e del VI nervo cranico (abducente) che innervano la muscolatura extraoculare, provocando uno strabismo caratterizzato da diplopia e confusione visiva.[\/vc_column_text][mk_button size=\"medium\" url=\"http:\/\/www.seri-lugano.ch\/contatti\/\" target=\"_blank\"]Richiedi + Info[\/mk_button][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_column_text align=\"right\"]\n

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