Improvement of apraxia of eyelid opening by wearing goggles

Authors
Hirayama, M Kumano, T Aita, T Nakagawa, H Kuriyama, M
Citation
M. Hirayama et al., Improvement of apraxia of eyelid opening by wearing goggles, LANCET, 356(9239), 2000, pp. 1413-1413
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
356
Issue
9239
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1413 - 1413
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(20001021)356:9239<1413:IOAOEO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Apraxia of eyelid opening (ALO) is a non-paralytic motor abnormality charac terised by difficulty in initiating the act of eyelid opening without bleph arospasm. We found that wearing goggles improved the difficulty of opening eyes in two patients with ALO with parkinsonism. Wearing goggles is a simpl e method for improving daily life in patients with ALO.