Oculomotor Behaviour in Individuals with Long COVID-19.
| Autor: | González-Vides L; Optic and Optometry Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain.; Education Faculty, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica., Hernández-Verdejo JL; Optometry and Vision Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain., Gómez-Pedrero JA; Optic Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain., Ruiz-Pomeda A; Optometry and Vision Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain., Cañadas-Suárez P; Optometry and Vision Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Clinical rehabilitation [Clin Rehabil] 2024 Oct; Vol. 38 (10), pp. 1372-1381. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 02. |
| DOI: | 10.1177/02692155241265886 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To determine, the impact of long COVID-19 on oculomotor behaviour. Design: A case-control study. Setting: Spanish Association of Persistent COVID. Participant: Participants were 75 cases (64 women, 11 men, mean age 46.4 years ±8.9) and 42 controls (22 women, 20 men, mean age 53.5 years ±13.13). Intervention: An eye-tracking test based on visual search paradigm and the Adult Developmental Eye Movement Test were used to evaluate the participants. Main Measures: The primary outcomes in the Adult Developmental Eye Movement Test were horizontal reading time, vertical reading time, and their ratio. And for the eye-tracking test the time to find the target, the duration, and the number of eye fixations. Results: In cases and controls, eye movement test results were horizontal(Hadj) reading time 74.2 ± 22.7 s vs 52.0 ± 6.1 s ( p < .0001); vertical(Vadj) reading time 67.6 ± 17.8 s vs 50.4 ± 6.9 s ( p < .0001); Hadj/Vadj ratio 0.9 ± 0.1 vs 1.0 ± 0 ( p = .0032), respectively; and eye-tracking test results were fixation number 11.3 ± 3.07 vs 3.51 ± 2.57 ( p < .0001); fixation duration 2.01 ± 0.79 s vs 1.5 ± 0.4 s ( p = .0013), and time to find target 24.5 ± 8.0 vs 18 ± 9.4 ( p = .0034), respectively. Conclusions: Data showed a lower performance in oculomotor behaviour in people with long COVID-19, compared to healthy individuals. It cannot be affirmed an ocular musculature dysfunction; the differentiated behaviour could be associated to cognitive alterations affected in these people. Both tests used could be an useful tool for the clinical assessment of these participants. Further studies are needed to explore the utility of these procedures. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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