Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI), commonly referred to as a concussion, is a prevalent neurological condition that can have profound and prolonged visual and vestibular symptoms. While the clinical management often focuses on cognitive and physical recovery of the patient, many aspects concerning oculomotor dysfunction, visual field deficits and visual processing issues are frequently overlooked. These deficits significantly hinder patients’ daily activities, contributing to symptoms such as blurred vision, dizziness, photosensitivity, and visual fatigue, as well as cognitive challenges like difficulty concentrating during tasks like reading or writing.

Visual rehabilitation represents a transformative and emerging field designed to alleviate these symptoms and to improve the patient’s overall functional outcomes. Patients with mTBI may experience disruptions in eye movement control, such as fixational, saccadic, and smooth pursuit movements, as well as issues with vergence and accommodation. To address these visual deficits, a variety of techniques can be employed during the visual rehabilitation. While taking into account the severity and nature of the symptoms, treatments can be tailored to the specific needs of the patient, such as visual perceptual training, accommodative and vergence therapy, prismatic lenses and coloured filters. With precise interventions, these strategies have the potential to mitigate long-term complications and optimize recovery outcomes.

This Research Topic aims to bring together cutting-edge research on the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of vision-related symptoms in patients with mTBI or concussion. By addressing critical gaps in our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying visual dysfunction and developing evidence-based therapies, this collection seeks to empower researchers and clinicians to enhance patient care. We welcome contributions of Original Research articles, Brief Research descriptions, Clinical Approaches, Review articles with meta-analyses, among other formats, that present innovative strategies in visual rehabilitation to tackle the vision-related symptoms in patients with mTBI or concussion.

This collection aims to consolidate current research efforts to better understand the vision problems associated with mTBI and to develop comprehensive rehabilitation strategies.

We welcome research on the following themes:

- Neural pathways and brain regions involved in visual dysfunctions following mTBI

- Neuroanatomical and neurophysiological changes associated with visual symptoms

- Rehabilitation and treatment approaches of visual dysfunctions following mTBI

- Advances in evaluating and monitor eye movements disorders related to mTBI

- Advances in neuroimaging and electrophysiological techniques for detecting vision problems

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Visual rehabilitation of mild traumatic brain injuries or concussion