Interpretation of divergent oculomotor imbalance through control system analysis.

Abstract

Control systems analysis is proposed as a method for understanding the pathophysiology of oculomotor imbalance, thereby permitting better differential diagnosis and more specific treatment. Clinical cases of nonstrabismic divergent deviations, with an emphasis on convergence insufficiency (CI) are presented and explained using conventional optometric diagnostic concepts and fixation disparity (FD) curves with control systems analysis as the central, unifying concept.