Rehabilitation practice for external ophthalmoplegia including voluntary training for patients with medial longitudinal fasciculus syndrome. 2022

Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
Rehabilitation Division, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Watabe T, Suzuki H, Abe M, Uchibori K, Senga K. Rehabilitation practice for external ophthalmoplegia including voluntary training for patients with medial longitudinal fasciculus syndrome. Jpn J Compr Rehabil Sci 2022; 13: 36-40. This report presents a case of external ophthalmoplegia caused by medial longitudinal fasciculus (MLF) syndrome. The patient underwent oculomotor rehabilitation by an occupational therapist during hospitalization and voluntary training supervised by the occupational therapist after discharge. The patient presented with MLF syndrome due to bridge infarction. The left eye had a pronounced adduction disorder, and diplopia was observed in the median vision, resulting in severe discomfort in daily life. During the hospitalization, the patient underwent eye movement rehabilitation led by an occupational therapist that included pursuit, fixation, saccades, and convergence, and after discharge from the hospital, the patient underwent two sets of voluntary training for 10 min daily to induce pursuit, fixation, and convergence under the guidance of the occupational therapist. As a result, the angle of squint, degree of diplopia, and degree of inconvenience in daily life improved. Eye movement rehabilitation, including voluntary training, improved external ophthalmoplegia.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries

Related Publications

Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
January 1967, Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska,
Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
July 1974, Archives of ophthalmology (Chicago, Ill. : 1960),
Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
January 1973, Advances in oto-rhino-laryngology,
Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
January 1977, Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine,
Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
May 2016, Irish journal of medical science,
Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
June 2022, Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology,
Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
March 2024, Journal of neuro-ophthalmology : the official journal of the North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society,
Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
September 1974, Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology,
Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
January 2000, European neurology,
Takayuki Watabe, and Hisayoshi Suzuki, and Marina Abe, and Kengo Uchibori, and Kotaro Senga
October 1991, No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery,
Copied contents to your clipboard!