ALTERACIONES OCULOMOTORAS EN LOS ESTUDIANTES DE LAS ESCUELAS DEPORTIVAS PERTENECIENTES AL GAD MUNICIPAL DEL CANTON PORTOVIEJO, EN EL PERIODO 2015-2017

Abstract

The extraocular muscles perform a function of initiating and maintaining foveal fixation in order to maintain a clear vision. Some people are born with oculomotor dysfunction and acquire it from some disease or trauma, also due to the improper correction of refractive errors, which can cause problems in eye movements. The oculomotor alterations are dysfunctions of the extraocular muscles of the eyeball, which does not allow the complete functioning of our visual system and prevent the two eyes from working as the only visual system, with comfort, and therefore disorders and discomfort are generated. That is, this type of binocular vision anomalies indicates an inability or difficulty of being able to direct both eyes to a certain point. The aim of the present work was to identify the most common oculomotor alterations in ophtimetrically assessed children attending the sports schools of the Portoviejo canton. This included children from 6 to 11 years of age, including men and women, who perform physical school activities. It was concluded that the most common oculomotor alteration was the endophoria, although we do not have the exact data on the magnitude of these endophoria, if it is essential to monitor the patients, to avoid possible visual difficulties.