The Relationship of Dominant Eye, Dominant Hand, and Deviated Eye in Strabismus

ABSTRACT

We studied the relationship of deviated eye with dominant eye, dominant hand and visual acuity in 109 horizontal strabismic patients. Control group of 109 normal subjects without strabismus or specific ocular diseases were also examined. Right ocular dominance in normal subjects was noted in 66.1%. Strabismic patients showed ocular dominance of nondeviated eye in 78.5%. The dominance of right hand in normal subjects were noted in 89.0% and those were 82.6% in strabismic patients. Better visual acuity of right eye were noted in 40.4% of normal subjects, and 28.4% in left eye. Equal visual acuity between two eyes were 31.2% of the subjects. Strabismic patients showed better visual acuity in 70.9% of nondevia ted eye. Based on these results, the correlation of nondeviated eye with dominant eye, and better visual acuity were statistically significant(p0.05).