Vergence Exercises for Six Weeks Induce Faster Recovery of Convergence Insufficiency Than Accommodation Exercises in School Children

Purpose: Convergence insufficiency (CI) is characterized by abnormal vergence eye movement frequently accompanied by abnormal accommodation and subjective symptoms, such as headache, blurred vision, and diplopia. CI is treated with vergence and accommodation exercises that are integrated so that the relative contributions of vergence and accommodation exercises to the outcome are concealed. The purpose of the present study was to determine the...