FIXATION INSTABILITY (SACCADIC INTRUSIONS)

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Square-wave oscillations are runs of back-to-back square-wave jerks, associated with oscillopsia. On clinical examination, these eye movements often occur in bursts precipitated by gaze and may resemble ocular flutter1.

 

Figure 1. Square-wave oscillations. Horizontal saccade tracings demonstrate continuous runs of back-to-back square-wave jerks. 

 

From: Rucker JC. Nystagmus and Saccadic Intrusions. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2019;25(5):1376-1400.


 

Video 1. Square-wave oscillations.

 

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From: Rucker JC. Nystagmus and Saccadic Intrusions. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2019;25(5):1376-1400.
 



 

References

  1. Rucker JC. Nystagmus and Saccadic Intrusions. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2019;25(5):1376-1400. doi:10.1212/CON.0000000000000772