Amblyopia is a neurodevelopmental visual disorder arising from decorrelated 
binocular experience during the critical periods of development. The hallmark of 
amblyopia is reduced visual acuity and impairment in binocular vision. The 
consequences of amblyopia on various sensory and perceptual functions have been 
studied extensively over the past 50 years. Historically, relatively fewer 
studies examined the impact of amblyopia on visuomotor behaviours; however, 
research in this area has flourished over the past 10 years. Therefore, the aim 
of this review paper is to provide a comprehensive review of current knowledge 
about the effects of amblyopia on eye movements, upper limb reaching and 
grasping movements, as well as balance and gait. Accumulating evidence indicates 
that amblyopia is associated with considerable deficits in visuomotor behaviour 
during amblyopic eye viewing, as well as adaptations in behaviour during 
binocular and fellow eye viewing in adults and children. Importantly, due to 
amblyopia heterogeneity, visuomotor development in children and motor skill 
performance in adults may be significantly influenced by the etiology and 
clinical features, such as visual acuity and stereoacuity. Studies with larger 
cohorts of children and adults are needed to disentangle the unique contribution 
of these clinical characteristics to the development and performance of 
visuomotor behaviours.