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1. Marsden ball
vision Therapy
Ananta Poudel
B.optom 1st batch
NAMS
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2. Introduction to vision therapy.
 Vision therapy is a sequence of neurosensory and
neuromuscular activities individually prescribed
and monitored to develop, rehabilitate and
enhance visual skill and processing.
 Prescribed is based on the reasult of a
comprehensive eye examination,need of the
patient sign and symptoms.
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3. Intro.cont.
 The use of lenses, prisms, filters, occluders, specialized
instruments, computer program are the part of vision
therapy.
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4. Marsden ball (bunt ball)
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5. Eye hand co-ordination
For this therapy procedure,will be using:
 A Lightweight ball : about the size of baseball
A bunting tool :
--stick/rod/cardboard tube
--shoulder width or slightly longer
 a string
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6. Who ?
 The bunt vision therapy procedure is for px who need
to improve the efficiency and accuracy of their eye-
hand coordination, visual pursuits and visual saccads.
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7. Where ?
 Performed in a quite area at home with minimum
distractions.
 Should be enough clear space for the hanging ball to
swing.
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8. When ?
 Time shedule of approximately 23-30 min/day, 5 days
per week.
 At least 10 minutes each sesion.
 Px should continue this therapy until they are able to
accurately control the direction and amount of force
needed to bunt or gently hit the ball.
 this is the end point of the therapy.
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9. Why ?
 Technique utilized to benefit px with poor visual
motor integration (eye-hand cocodination )
 Px symptoms may include :
- poor balance and coordination
- difficult catching or grasping at
moving objects
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10. For sports.
 Such as for improvement in batting in cricket.
 For eye hand coordinated skills in basketball, tennis,
gulf, etc..
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11. Moving side to side of the ball
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12. Uniocularly.
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13. By touching the given letters.
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14. With one target.
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15. With two target.
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16. With three target. Denotes improvement in
eye – hand coordination
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17. Without target .
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18. Reading in swinging ball.
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19. Using red green filter with red
green ball as a target.
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20. Thank you
****This presentation is not intentioned for commercial use, nor presenter has
any financial interest it’s just for educational purpose
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