Researchers at the Forefront on Breakthrough Concussion Studies
There’s been a great deal of interest in concussions over the past decade, especially as they relate to concussion-related vision problems, according to Mitchell Scheiman, OD, PhD ‘16, FAAO, FCOVD, senior associate dean of research at the Pennsylvania College of Optometry at Drexel University.
And now there’s some research to support the theory that individuals experiencing concussion-related vision problems benefit from starting vision therapy immediately, rather than waiting to see if their vision issues improve on their own over time.
A paper on that study titled “The CONCUSS Randomized Clinical Trial of Vergence/Accommodative Therapy for Concussion-Related Symptomatic Convergence ”Insufficiency”—for which Dr. Scheiman was the co-investigator—has been published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, the highest-rated journal in sports medicine.
Dr. Scheiman believes the paper will be significant and widely cited because it is the first paper anywhere with high-quality data from a randomized clinical trial showing these results. “The study results may potentially change clinical practice,” he said.
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