Amblyopia Research
The MOTAS and ROTAS studies
This page contains summaries of the research into occlusion therapy for childhood amblyopia, carried out by the MOTAS cooperative.  It contains information on two studies (MOTAS and ROTAS) carried out in London, UK, between 2001-2004.

The MOTAS cooperative are (in alphabetical order)
  • Alastair R. Fielder (website),  City University, London UK:  Ophthalmologist
  • Merrick J. Moseley (website), City University, London UK:  Vision Scientist
  • David A. Stephens (website), McGill University, Montreal, Canada: Statistician
  • Catherine E. Stewart, City University, London UK:  Ophthalmologist

Publications by the MOTAS cooperative:

Supplementary material for the forthcoming IOVS paper

Modelling Dose-Response in Amblyopia: towards a child specific treatment plan

by Stewart, Stephens, Fielder and Moseley.  To appear in IOVS, May 2007

  1. Stewart CE, Fielder AR, Stephens DA, Moseley, MJ, Treatment of unilateral amblyopia: factors influencing visual outcome, Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2005, Vol: 46, Pages: 3152 - 3160, ISSN: 0146-0404
  2. Stewart CE, Moseley MJ, Fielder AR, Stephens DA, Refractive adaptation in amblyopia: quantification of effect and implications for practice, British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2004, Vol: 88, Pages: 1552 - 1556, ISSN: 0007-1161
  3. Stewart CE, Moseley MJ, Stephens DA, Fielder AR, Treatment dose-response in amblyopia therapy: the Monitored Occlusion Treatment of Amblyopia Study (MOTAS), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2004, Vol: 45, Pages: 3048 - 3054, ISSN: 0146-0404
  4. Stewart CE, Moseley MJ, Fielder AR, Stephens DA, Optimization of the, dose-response of occlusion therapy for amblyopia: the ROTAS study (E-abstract 2579), Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 2004, Vol: 45, Pages: N/A - N/A, ISSN: 0146-0404
  5. Stewart CE, Fielder AR, Stephens DA, , Moseley, MJ, Design of the Monitored Occlusion Treatment of Amblyopia Study (MOTAS), British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002, Vol: 86, Pages: 915 - 919, ISSN: 0007-1161.
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Contact: David Stephens
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