Treat partial blindness with non-invasive stimulation current

German researchers found: treating certain patients through electrodes (with non-invasive currents) attached to the eyes, creating moderate stimulation in the eye area, for 10 days (30-40 minutes a day) will significantly reduce visual impairment.

The results of this study were published in "The journal Brain Stimulation".

"We can slow the development of partial blindness , through the use of therapies for 10 days (30-40 minutes a day), using stimulation by non-invasive currents. " , according to Dr. Bernhard Sabel, researcher and leading author of this study.

The study combined 42 patients who were partially blind due to optic nerve damage, (consequences of brain damage).

The treatment technique using stimulation of non-invasive currents is applied to a group of randomly selected patients and then to be controlled (compared) with the remaining group of patients treated. treat with surgery.

The results showed that treatment with therapeutic techniques using stimulation of non-invasive currents resulted in a reduction in visual injury rates of 41% and a significant improvement in "general vision" , in when the majority of the remaining patients (group treated with surgery), there was no change in vision compared to before surgery.

A clinical trial with larger groups of patients is currently underway to confirm these findings.