Television torticollis is a disorder of anomolous head posturing in children that occurs when the child watches television.
Patient selection: child
Clinical features:
(1) anomalous head posturing (any combination of head tilt, face turn, chin up or down). The head involuntarily turns to one side, while both eyes look to the contralateral side.
(2) the head posturing occurs when the child is watching television
(3) exclusion of (a) causes of congenital and acquired torticollis and (b) significant ophthalmological problems
Yang et al identified deficits of binocular integration for vertical bars and far distance stereopsis in affected children.
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