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Long-term eye-movement training may improve visual function in school-age children (opens in a new tab)

medicalxpress.com · 2026-10-19

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Effects of eye movement training on balance and ocular motor function in community-dwelling Japanese school-aged children: a pilot study using a single-group intervention

BMC Pediatrics · 2026
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Claim 1 of 6Not checkedA 24-week, home-based eye-movement training program in 28 school-age children from Tsukuba City was designed to test whether long-term training is feasible and beneficial.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 2 of 6Not checkedThe article frames the findings as suggesting that sustained, home-based eye-movement training may help improve certain aspects of children’s visual function.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 3 of 6Not checkedThe program included rapid eye movements (saccades), smooth eye-tracking exercises (smooth pursuit), and combined head and eye movements based on the vestibulo-ocular reflex, with adherence tracked by the SUKUBARA remote monitoring system.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 4 of 6Not checkedParticipants completed the training an average of 4.6 times per week.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 5 of 6Not checkedThe researchers observed improvements in eye-hand coordination and in the ability to identify horizontally moving digits, and eye-hand coordination tended to improve more among children who trained more frequently.View evidenceHide evidence

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Claim 6 of 6Not checkedNo significant improvement was seen in the primary outcome measure, balance ability as assessed by the Index of Postural Stability, and the study’s lack of a control group means effectiveness cannot be conclusively established.View evidenceHide evidence

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Effects of eye movement training on balance and ocular motor function in community-dwelling Japanese school-aged children: a pilot study using a single-group intervention

BMC Pediatrics · 2026

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Effects of eye movement training on balance and ocular motor function in community-dwelling Japanese school-aged children: a pilot study using a single-group intervention

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