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ABSTRACT Purpose Evaluate blue-violet light filter and additional power of +0.40 D in the near zone ophthalmic lenses, on convergence, accommodative functions, and symptoms of digital asthenopia (DA). Methods Randomized study in cross-over design conducted on 49 volunteers (age, 29 ± 5.5 years; male: female, 18:31). Each subject wore test (+0.40 D in the near zone) and control lenses (regular single vision) for 4 weeks in randomized order. Both lenses had a selective blue-violet light filter. A baseline measurement was taken with the subjects' current updated glasses. Accommodation amplitude (AA) and near point of convergence (NPC) were measured binocularly with the RAF ruler. DA was evaluated by a questionnaire. Results No significant difference (p=.52) was found for AA comparing baseline (11.50±1.88 D), test (11.61± 1.62 D), and control SV lenses (11.88±1.50 D). No significant difference was found for NPC (p=.94), between baseline (6.50 ± 2.89cm), test (6.71± 3.49) and control SV lenses (6.82± 3.50 cm). No significant difference was found comparing test and control SV lenses in symptoms of DA (p=0.20). Conclusions The +0.40 D lenses have no negative impact on convergence or loss of accommodation power. The +0.40 D and control SV lenses had a similar impact on attenuating symptoms of DA.
RESUMO Objetivo Avaliar os efeitos do uso de lentes oftálmicas com filtro seletivo de luz azul-violeta, sem e com poder adicional de + 0,4D na zona de perto nas funções de acomodação e convergência e para sintomas de astenopia digital (AD). Métodos Ensaio clínico controlado, randomizado e mascarado, com 49 voluntários (idade, 29 ± 5,5 anos; masculino: feminino, 18: 31). Cada participante usou lentes de teste (+0,40 D na zona de perto) e controle (visão simples), por 4 semanas de forma randomizada. Ambas as lentes tinham filtro seletivo de luz azul-violeta. A medição inicial (baseline) foi feita com os óculos atualizados de cada participante. A amplitude de acomodação (AA) e o ponto de convergência próximo (PPC) foram medidos binocularmente com a régua RAF. A AD foi avaliada por um questionário. Resultados Não houve diferença estatisticamente significante (p=0,52) para as medidas de AA comparando as lentes baseline (11,50±1,88 D), teste (11,61±1,62 D) e controle VS (11,88±1,50 D). Nenhuma diferença significativa foi encontrada para a medida do PPC (p=0,94), entre as lentes baseline (6,50 ± 2,89cm), teste (6,71±3,49) e controle VS (6,82±3,50 cm). Nenhuma diferença significativa foi encontrada comparando lentes teste de VS e controle nos sintomas de AD (p=0,20). Conclusões As lentes com +0,40 D não têm impacto negativo na convergência ou na perda de acomodação. As lentes +0,40 D e controle VS, tiveram impacto semelhante na redução dos sintomas de AD.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Lighting/adverse effects , Computers , Asthenopia/prevention & control , Eyeglasses , Filtration/instrumentation , Light/adverse effects , User-Computer Interface , Dry Eye Syndromes/etiology , Dry Eye Syndromes/prevention & control , Random Allocation , Asthenopia/etiology , Surveys and Questionnaires , Computers, Handheld , Smartphone , Accommodation, Ocular/physiologyABSTRACT
ABSTRACT The term dysfunctional lens syndrome has gained acceptance in the field and encompasses natural changes due to aging of crystalline lens. The evolution of diagnostic devices has been a key factor in better staging, understanding and characterizing of these degenerative changes. Even with these technological advances and the use of subjective classifications, such as the classic Lens Opacities Classification System, an objective staging of early dysfunctional lens syndrome has yet to be established. Ocular wavefront aberrometry and objective scatter index, associated with Scheimpflug backscatter densitometry, have proven instrumental in detecting early dysfunctional lens syndrome. Staging of early dysfunctional lens syndrome has been proposed in the literature, but no classification has been recognized worldwide. The purpose of this literature review is to assess the current state of dysfunctional lens syndrome from a technological perspective and propose a new staging system to assist surgeons in making surgical decisions.
RESUMO O termo "síndrome disfuncional do cristalino" tem sido mais aceito na área e engloba mudanças naturais devido ao envelhecimento do cristalino. A evolução dos dispositivos diagnósticos tem sido fator fundamental para melhor estadiamento, compreensão e caracterização dessas alterações. Mesmo com esses avanços tecnológicos e o uso de classificações subjetivas, como o Lens Opacities Classification System , um estadiamento objetivo da síndrome disfuncional do cristalino precoce ainda não foi estabelecido. A aberrometria ocular total e o índice de superfície ocular, associado à densitometria de Scheimpflug, mostraram-se instrumentais na detecção da síndrome disfuncional do cristalino precoce. Embora estadiamentos precoces de síndrome disfuncional do cristalino tenham sido propostos na literatura, nenhum foi reconhecido mundialmente até o momento. O objetivo desta revisão de literatura é avaliar o estado atual da síndrome disfuncional do cristalino a partir de uma perspectiva tecnológica, e propor um novo sistema de estadiamento para auxiliar os cirurgiões na tomada de decisões cirúrgicas.
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Humans , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Lens, Crystalline , Lens Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Presbyopia , Cataract , Diagnostic Imaging/methods , Visual Acuity , Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological , Corneal Wavefront AberrationABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Purpose: To measure changes in the anterior ciliary muscle during accommodation at the nasal, superior, temporal, and inferior sectors by means of an anterior chamber optical coherence tomographer, and correlate them with vergence changes. Methods: Twenty-four subjects with healthy, phakic eyes, whose mean age was 27.1 ± 8.9 years, underwent measurement with an anterior chamber optical coherence tomographer. The anterior ciliary muscle was measured at the nasal, temporal, superior, and inferior sectors for 0, -1, -2, and -3 D of vergence. A linear model was used to assess the correlation of each eye parameter with the accommodative demand. Results: The anterior ciliary muscle area significantly increased with accommodation for each sector, with a maximum increase of about 30% for the nasal-temporal sectors and about 25% for the inferior-temporal sectors. The linear model showed a tendency toward a positive relationship between change in the ciliary muscle area of each sector and vergence. Conclusion: The anterior ciliary muscle area tends to increase with accommodation, although the increase has been shown to be symmetric between the pair sectors superior-nasal and inferior-temporal. These results may help to increase understanding of accommodation biometry and biomechanics.
RESUMO Objetivo: Medir as alterações do músculo ciliar anterior durante a acomodação nos setores nasal, superior, temporal e inferior, através de um tomógrafo de coerência óptica de câmara anterior, e correlacioná-las com alterações de vergência. Métodos: Vinte e quatro indivíduos com olhos saudáveis e fácicos, com idade média de 27,1 ± 8,9 anos, foram submetidos à medida com um tomógrafo de coerência óptica de câmara anterior. O músculo ciliar anterior foi medido nos setores nasal, temporal, superior e inferior para 0, -1, -2 e -3D de vergência. Um modelo linear foi utilizado para avaliar a correlação de cada parâmetro do olho com a demanda acomodativa. Resultados: A área do músculo ciliar anterior aumentou significativamente com a acomodação em cada setor, com um aumento máximo foi de cerca de 30% para os setores naso-temporais, e cerca de 25% para os inferiores-temporais. O modelo linear mostrou uma tendência para uma relação positiva entre a alteração da área do músculo ciliar de cada setor e a vergência. Conclusão: A área do músculo ciliar anterior tende a aumentar com a acomodação, embora o aumento tenha se mostrado simétrico entre os setores superior-nasal e inferior-temporal. Estes resultados podem ajudar a aumentar a compreensão da biometria e biomecânica da acomodação.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Young Adult , Ciliary Body/physiology , Ciliary Body/diagnostic imaging , Tomography, Optical Coherence/methods , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Reference Values , Biomechanical Phenomena , Linear Models , Analysis of Variance , Biometry/methods , Statistics, NonparametricABSTRACT
A tiny structure, the pupil, attracts too much attention, since the antiquity. The pupil as part of the "'window of/to the soul", the eyes, it can demonstrate a clinical disorder sign, or simply a psychological expression. In this paper, it is studied the situation in which the pupillary reï¬ex to light is compromised, but the accommodation reï¬ex is preserved, what is named after Argyll Robertson, the frst Scottish ophthalmologist, who besides described the signal (1869), he also tried to defned its clinical signifcance. Afterwards, it was clearly demonstrated its relationship with tertiary neurosyphilis.
Uma estrutura minúscula, a pupila, atrai muita atenção, desde a antiguidade. A pupila como parte da "'janela da alma'", os olhos, poderia demonstrar um sinal de desordem clínica, ou, simplesmente, uma expressão psicológica. Neste trabalho, estuda-se a situação em que o reï¬exo pupilar à luz é comprometido, mas o reï¬exo de acomodação é preservado, o que leva o nome de Argyll Robertson, o primeiro oftalmologista escocês que além de descrever o sinal (1869), também tentou defniu seu signifcado clínico. Posteriormente, foi claramente demonstrada sua relação com a neurossíflis terciária.
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Humans , History, 21st Century , Ophthalmology/history , Reflex, Pupillary , Pupil Disorders/diagnosis , Pupil Disorders/physiopathology , Autonomic Nervous System , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , NeurosyphilisABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the clinical and surgical impacts of phenomena that could occur in intermittent exotropia. Methods: The medical records of intermittent exotropia cases from 1991 to 2014 were retrospectively reviewed. All patients underwent a series of measures, including a protocol to assess monocular occlusion based on the propedeutics proposed by Kushner. Results: Outdoor sensitivity was observed in 31% of patients with an undercorrection rate of 44% vs. 18% of cases with no outdoor sensitivity. After 1 h of monocular occlusion, 41% of all patients achieved an increase in deviation with an undercorrection rate of 40%, whereas 25% did not. Conclusion: The results show the importance of complete propedeutics, since there is a higher rate of late undercorrection in cases with outdoor sensitivity and increased deviation after occlusion.
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar os impactos clínico e cirúrgico dos fenômenos que podem ocorrer na exotropia intermitente. Métodos: Os prontuários de casos de exotropia intermitente de 1991 a 2014 foram revisados retrospectivamente. Todos os pacientes foram submetidos a uma serie de medidas incluindo o protocolo com oclusão monocular com base na propedêutica proposta por Kushner. Resultados: Outdoor sensitivity foi observada em 31% dos pacientes com taxa de subcorreção de 44% vs. 18% dos casos sem outdoor sensitivity. Após 1 hora de oclusão monocular, 41% de todos os pacientes apresentaram um aumento no desvio com uma taxa de subcorreção 40%, enquanto 25% não. Conclusão: Os resultados demonstram a importância da propedêutica completa, uma vez que há maior taxa de subcorreção tardia nos casos de outdoor sensitivity e maior desvio após a oclusão.
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Humans , Male , Female , Infant , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Adult , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Exotropia/surgery , Exotropia/physiopathology , Education, Premedical/methods , Postoperative Period , Reoperation , Time Factors , Vision, Monocular/physiology , Visual Acuity/physiology , Medical Records , Retrospective Studies , Treatment Outcome , Convergence, Ocular/physiology , Accommodation, Ocular/physiologyABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Purpose: To assess changes in anatomic structures in the anterior eye segment in terms of axial lengths with accommodation via optical coherence tomography. Methods: In this observational study, 25 eyes of 25 healthy adults were examined using the Visante® omni optical coherence tomography system. Central corneal thickness, anterior chamber depth, central lens thickness, and anterior segment length were assessed. The evaluated parameters were obtained with accommodation using different stimulus vergences, namely 0.0, -1.0, -2.0, and -3.0 D. Variation of these parameters was compared among different levels of accommodation. Results: Central corneal thickness was not altered at any stimulus vergence during accommodation (p>0.05). Conversely, anterior chamber depth was significantly reduced (p<0.05), whereas central lens thickness was significantly increased (p<0.05). Anterior segment length also increased with accommodation (p<0.05), indicating backward movement of the posterior pole. Conclusions: There are significant variations in anterior segment lengths that occur with accommodation. Studying these changes will provide useful information regarding the accommodation mechanism that can improve our understanding of this process and facilitate clinical decision-making by practitioners.
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar as mudanças das estruturas anatômicas no segmento anterior do olho em termos de comprimentos axiais com acomodação por meio da tomografia de coerência óptica. Métodos: Neste estudo observacional, foram incluídos 25 olhos de vinte e cinco adultos saudáveis e medidos com o sistema Visante® omni tomografia de coerência óptica. A espessura corneana central, a profundidade da câmara anterior, a espessura central da lente e o comprimento do segmento anterior foram avaliados. Os parâmetros avaliados foram obtidos com acomodação usando diferentes vergências de estímulo: 0,0, -1,0, -2,0 e -3,0 D. A variação desses parâmetros foi comparada para os diferentes níveis de acomodação. Resultados: A espessura corneana central não foi alterada em nenhum estímulo durante a acomodação (p>0,05). A ACD mostrou uma redução significativa (p<0,05), enquanto a espessura central da lente foi significativamente aumentada (p<0,05). O comprimento do segmento anterior também aumentou com acomodação (p<0,05) indicando um movimento do polo posterior para trás. Conclusões: Há variações significativas nos comprimentos do segmento anterior que ocorrem com acomodação. Estudar essas mudanças fornece informações úteis sobre o mecanismo de acomodação para os profissionais, a fim de obter uma melhor compreensão desse processo e ajudá-los a tomar suas decisões clínicas.
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Tomography, Optical Coherence , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Anterior Eye Segment/anatomy & histology , Anterior Eye Segment/diagnostic imagingABSTRACT
Resumo Objetivo: Comparar as alterações da refração e da biometria ocular na população infantil hipermetrópica com e sem correção óptica total. Métodos: Realizou-se estudo prospectivo longitudinal não randomizado em 41 pacientes com hipermetropia, entre 3 e 6 dioptrias ou/e com esotropia acomodativa pura nos ambulatórios do Hospital Geral Universitário e Oftalmocenter Santa Rosa, com idade inicial entre 4 e 6 anos. Os pacientes foram divididos em dois grupos, em que o Grupo 1 compôs-se pelos pacientes hipermétropes que não necessitavam usar sua correção óptica ou poderiam usá-la parcialmente, e o Grupo 2 por pacientes com esotropia acomodativa pura e pelos hipermétropes que necessitavam usar toda sua correção óptica. Os pacientes submeteram-se a exame oftalmológico completo, incluindo refração objetiva em autorrefrator com cicloplegia, biometria óptica e topografia corneana em uma medida inicial e outra 3 anos mais tarde. Comparou-se a refração e parâmetros biométricos com teste T student. Resultados: A média da idade inicial foi de 5,23 ± 0,81 e 5,36 ± 0,74 anos, a refração inicial foi +3,99 ± 0,92 e +4,27 ± 0,85 D, o diâmetro anteroposterior do globo ocular foi de 21,42 ± 0,84 e 21,22 ± 0,86 mm, e a ceratometria foi de 42,55 ± 1,24 e 42,39 ± 1,22 D, para os Grupos 1 e 2, respectivamente. Em relação à refração, houve redução significativa do poder esférico no Grupo 1, em 3 anos; e não houve no Grupo 2 (p<0,05). Com relação ao diâmetro anteroposterior do globo ocular, ocorreu aumento significativo no Grupo 1 e não houve no Grupo 2 (p<0,05 ). Não se verificou diferença significativa na comparação das ceratometrias em 3 anos nos Grupos 1 e 2. Conclusão: Estes dados permitiram concluir que a correção total da hipermetropia pode prejudicar a emetropização natural em crianças.
Abstract Objective: To compare changes in refraction and ocular biometric parameters in hyperopic children with and without full optical correction. Methods: Non-randomized prospecting study with 41 subjects (21 males and 20 females) aged 4 to 6 years with accommodative esotropia and or hyperopia between 3 to 6 diopters, select in Hospital Geral Universitário and Oftalmocenter Santa Rosa. The patients were divided in two groups: group 1 for hyperopic patients that did not need to use optical correction or could use partial correction, and group 2 for patients with accommodative esotropia or hyperopia who needed to use full optical correction all the time. The patients were examined to a complete ophthalmological examination, including objective cycloplegic refraction with auto refractometer, optical biometry and corneal topography, in baseline measurements and 3 years after that. Refraction and ocular biometric parameters were compared using T student test. Results: The mean initial age was 5.23 ± 0.81 and 5.36 ± 0.74 years; the initial refractive error in average was +3.99 ± 0.92 e +4.27 ± 0.85 D, the initial axial length was 21.42 ± 0.84 and 21.22 ± 0.86 mm, and initial keratometry was 42.55 ± 1.24 e 42.39 ± 1.22 D for group 1 and 2, respectively. In relation to refractive error, there was a significant decrease in group 1 and there was not in group 2 (p < 0.05). In relation to axial length, there was significant increase in group1 and there was not in group 2 (p<0.05). The 3-year comparison showed no statistically significant differences in keratometry for both groups. Conclusion: This study suggests that full optical correction of hyperopia may inhibit natural emmetropization during early and late childhood.
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Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Refraction, Ocular/physiology , Eye/growth & development , Eyeglasses , Hyperopia/therapy , Visual Acuity , Prospective Studies , Follow-Up Studies , Longitudinal Studies , Treatment Outcome , Treatment Failure , Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological , Watchful Waiting , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Hyperopia/diagnosisABSTRACT
ABSTRACT Purpose: To assess the accommodation response after short reading periods using a tablet and a smartphone as well as determine potential differences in the accommodation response at various stimulus vergences using a Hartmann- Shack aberrometer. Methods: Eighteen healthy subjects with astigmatism of less than 1 D, corrected visual acuity of 20/20 or better, and normal findings in an ophthalmic examination were enrolled. Accommodation responses were obtained under three different conditions: accommodation system of the eye relaxed and visually stressed with a tablet and an smartphone for 10 min, at a distance of 0.25 m from the subject's eyes. Three measurements of accommodation response were monocularly acquired at stimulus vergences ranging from 0 to 4 D (1-D step). Results: No statistically significant differences were found in the accommodation responses among the conditions. A moderate but gradually increasing root mean square, coma-like aberration was found for every condition. Conversely, the spherical aberration decreased as stimulus vergences increased. These outcomes were identified in comparison to the one-to-one ideal accommodation response, implying that a certain lag value was present in all stimulus vergences different from 0 D. Conclusions: The results support the hypothesis that the difference between the ideal and real accommodation responses is mainly attributed to parameters associated with the accommodation process, such as the near visual acuity, depth of focus, pupil diameter, and wavefront aberrations. The wavefront aberrations were dependent on the 3-mm pupil size selected in this study. The accommoda tion response was not dependent on the electronic device employed in each condition, and it was mainly associated with young age and level of amplitude of accommodation of the subjects.
RESUMO Objetivo: Avaliar a resposta de acomodação após períodos de leitura curtos usando um tablet e um smartphone, bem como para determinar potenciais diferenças na resposta de acomodação em estímulos de várias vergências com uma aberrômetro Hartmann-Shack. Método: Dezoito indivíduos saudáveis com astigmatismo inferior a 1 D, apresentando acuidade visual corrigida de 20/20 ou melhor com exame oftalmológico normal foram avaliados. As respostas acomodativas foram obtidas em três condições diferentes: sistema de acomodação com o olho relaxado, e visualmente estressado com um tablet e um smartphone por 10 min, a uma distância de 0,25 m dos olhos dos sujeitos. Três medidas de resposta acomodativa foram obtidas monocularmente com estímulos cujas vergências variaram de 0 a 4 D (intervalos de 1 D). Resultados: Não houve diferença estatisticamente significativa entre as respostas acomodativas em todas as condições. Foi observada moderada aberração do tipo coma com aumento progressivo para cada condição, enquanto houve diminuição da aberração esférica com o aumento das vergências do estímulo. Estes resultados foram identificados em comparação com a resposta acomodativa de um-para-um ideal, o que implica que um certo valor de desfasagem estava presente em todos os estímulos com vergências diferentes de 0 D. Conclusões: Os resultados apoiam a hipótese de que a diferença entre as respostas acomodativas ideal e real é atribuída principalmente a parâmetros tais como a acuidade visual para perto, profundidade de foco, diâmetro pupilar e aberrações de frente de onda, associados ao processo acomodativo. As aberrações de frente de onda foram dependentes do tamanho da pupila de 3 mm, selecionado neste estudo. A resposta acomodativa não foi dependente do dispositivo eletrônico empregue em cada condição e foi associada principalmente à idade jovem e ao nível da amplitude de acomodação dos sujeitos avaliados.
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Humans , Adult , Visual Acuity/physiology , Cell Phone , Computers, Handheld , Corneal Wavefront Aberration/diagnosis , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Refraction, Ocular , AberrometryABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To investigate the effect of watching 3-dimensional (3D) television (TV) on refractive error in children. METHODS: Sixty healthy volunteers, aged 6 to 12 years, without any ocular abnormalities other than refractive error were recruited for this study. They watched 3D TV for 50 minutes at a viewing distance of 2.8 meters. The image disparity of the 3D contents was from -1 to 1 degree. Refractive errors were measured both before and immediately after watching TV and were rechecked after a 10-minute rest period. The refractive errors before and after watching TV were compared. The amount of refractive change was also compared between myopes and controls. The refractive error of the participants who showed a myopic shift immediately after watching TV were compared across each time point to assure that the myopic shift persisted after a 10-minute rest. RESULTS: The mean age of the participants was 9.23 ± 1.75 years. The baseline manifest refractive error was -1.70 ± 1.79 (-5.50 to +1.25) diopters. The refractive errors immediately after watching and after a 10-minute rest were -1.75 ± 1.85 and -1.69 ± 1.80 diopters, respectively, which were not different from the baseline values. Myopic participants (34 participants), whose spherical equivalent was worse than -0.75 diopters, also did not show any significant refractive change after watching 3D TV. A myopic shift was observed in 31 participants with a mean score of 0.29 ± 0.23 diopters, which resolved after a 10-minute rest. CONCLUSIONS: Watching properly made 3D content on a 3D TV for 50 minutes with a 10-minute intermission at more than 2.8 meters of viewing distance did not affect the refractive error of children.
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Child , Female , Humans , Male , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Depth Perception/physiology , Disease Progression , Imaging, Three-Dimensional/adverse effects , Refractive Errors/physiopathology , Television , Vision, Binocular/physiologyABSTRACT
Purpose: To study the changes in anterior chamber depth (ACD), anterior chamber angle (ACA), and pupil diameter (PD) during accommodation. Methods: Eighty eyes of 80 subjects, aged 22 to 40 years, were included. The rotating Dual Scheimpflug and a Placido disc system (Galilei G4, Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG, Switzerland) was used to measure the changes in ACD, ACA, and PD during accommodation. ACD measurement was taken for the central zone and for 4 more positions, each in different orientation (nasal, superior, temporal and inferior), 4 mm away from the centre. ACA was measured for the whole eye as well for the nasal, superior, temporal, and inferior quadrants. These metrics were obtained for various accommodation stimuli, ranging from +1 D to -4 D in 1-D steps. Results: For a given position, the ACD did not vary significantly with accommodation. For the central ACD, the percentage of relative change between far and near vision was -4.11%. The ACA was significantly lower at the inferior, temporal, and superior positions. There was no change in the ACA of the whole eye and that of the nasal orientation. These two eye metrics were significantly lower in the superior-nasal than in the inferior-temporal region. At each vergence studied, the PD decreased significantly with accommodation. The relative change after the -4 D stimulus was -8.13%. Conclusion: ACA and PD varied significantly with accommodation, whereas no such variation of ACD was observed. Further, the anterior chamber was found to be asymmetrical, with the nasal-superior area becoming significantly shallower than the inferior temporal region. .
Objetivo: Estudar as mudanças na profundidade da câmara anterior (ACD), ângulo da câmara anterior (ACA) e diâmetro da pupila (PD) durante a acomodação. Métodos: Foram incluídos 80 olhos de 80 indivíduos com idades entre 22 e 40 anos. Um sistema rotacional de Scheimpflug duplo acoplado a um sistema de disco de Placido (Galilei G4, Ziemer Ophthalmic Systems AG, Suíça) foi usado para medir as mudanças na ACD, ACA e PD, durante a acomodação. As medidas da ACD foram consideradas na zona central e em mais 4 posições, cada uma em orientação diferente (nasal, superior, temporal e inferior), a 4 milímetros de distância do centro. O ACA do olho inteiro, assim como nos quadrantes nasal, superior, temporal e inferior foram medidos. Todos estes indicadores foram obtidos por vários estímulos acomodativos, que variaram de +1 D a -4 D em intervalos de 1 D. Resultados: A ACD não variou significativamente com acomodação para qualquer determinada orientação, sendo a percentagem de variação relativa entre longe e visão de perto -4,11% para a ACD central (onde sinal negativo representa uma diminuição na ACD). Em relação ao ACA, este diminuiu significativamente em posições inferiores, temporais e superiores. O ACA total de olho e o ACA nasal não se alterou. Estas duas métricas oculares foram significativamente menores no par nasal-superior do que no temporal-inferior. Finalmente, PD diminuiu significativamente com a acomodação em cada vergência estudada, a mudança relativa após o estímulo de -4 D foi -8,13%. Conclusão: ACA e PD variaram significativamente com a acomodação, enquanto ACD não. Além disso, a câmara anterior se mostrou alterar assimetricamente, com a área nasal-superior se tornando ...
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Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Young Adult , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Anterior Chamber/anatomy & histology , Iris/anatomy & histology , Tomography, Optical Coherence/instrumentation , Diagnostic Techniques, Ophthalmological , Iris/physiology , Photography/instrumentation , Pupil/physiologyABSTRACT
Purpose: To compare optical and visual quality of implantable collamer lens (ICL) implantation and femtosecond laser in situ keratomileusis (F-LASIK) for myopia. Methods: The CRX1 adaptive optics visual simulator (Imagine Eyes, Orsay, France) was used to simulate the wavefront aberration pattern after the two surgical procedures for -3-diopter (D) and -6-D myopia. Visual acuity at different contrasts and contrast sensitivities at 10, 20, and 25 cycles/degree (cpd) were measured for 3-mm and 5-mm pupils. The modulation transfer function (MTF) and point spread function (PSF) were calculated for 5-mm pupils. Results: F-LASIK MTF was worse than ICL MTF, which was close to diffraction-limited MTF. ICL cases showed less spread out of PSF than F-LASIK cases. ICL cases showed better visual acuity values than F-LASIK cases for all pupils, contrasts, and myopic treatments (p<0.05). No statistically significant differences were found in contrast sensitivities between ICL and F-LASIK cases with -3-D myopia for both pupils for all evaluated spatial frequencies (p>0.05). For -6-D myopia, however, statistically significant differences in contrast sensitivities were found for both pupils for all evaluated spatial frequencies (p<0.05). Contrast sensitivities were better after ICL implantation than after F-LASIK. Conclusions: ICL implantation and F-LASIK provide good optical and visual quality, although the former provides better outcomes of MTF, PSF, visual acuity, and contrast sensitivity, especially for cases with large refractive errors and pupil sizes. These outcomes are related to the F-LASIK producing larger high-order aberrations. .
Objetivo: Comparar a qualidade óptica e visual da lente implantável de collamer (ICL) e da ceratomileuse in situ com laser de femtosegundo (F-LASIK) na correção de miopia. Métodos: O simulador visual de óptica adaptativa CRX1 (Imagine Eyes, Orsay, França) foi usado para simular o padrão de aberração de frentes de onda, depois de dois procedimentos cirúrgicos: implante de ICL e tratamento F-LASIK para -3 e -6 D. A acuidade visual em diferentes contrastes e sensibilidade ao contraste em 10, 20 e 25 ciclos/grau (cpd) foram medidos para pupilas de 3 e 5 mm. A função de transferência de modulação (MTF) e a função de espalhamento de ponto (PSF) foram calculados para a pupila de 5 mm. Resultados: A MTF do F-LASIK foi pior do que a do ICL, que estava perto da MTF do limite de difração. A ICL apresentou menor espalhamento do PSF do que o F-LASIK. ICL apresentou melhores valores da acuidade visual do que F-LASIK para todas as pupilas, contrastes e tratamentos miópicos (p<0,05). Não foram encontradas diferenças estatisticamente significantes na sensibilidade ao contraste entre ICL e F-LASIK de -3 D, para ambas as pupilas e quaisquer frequências espaciais avaliadas (p>0,05). Por outro lado, para -6 D, diferenças estatisticamente significativas na sensibilidade ao contraste foram encontrados para ambas as pupilas e todas as frequências espaciais avaliadas (p<0,05). Sensibilidade ao contraste foi melhor após o implante da ICL que após o F-LASIK. Conclusões: ICL e F-LASIK proporcionam uma boa qualidade óptica e visual, embora a ICL oferece melhores resultados de MTF, PSF, acuidade visual e sensibilidade ao contraste, especialmente para grandes erros de refração e tamanhos de pupila. Estes resultados estão relacionados ao procedimento F-LASIK que induz maiores aberrações ...
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Adult , Humans , Young Adult , Keratomileusis, Laser In Situ , Lens Implantation, Intraocular , Myopia/surgery , Phakic Intraocular Lenses , Aberrometry , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Computer Simulation , Contrast Sensitivity/physiology , Myopia/physiopathology , Treatment Outcome , Visual Acuity/physiologyABSTRACT
PURPOSE: In this study, we examined the stability of the lens-angle supporter (LAS) for accommodation restoration by comparing intraocular lens (IOL) location, after-cataract and ciliary body damage after cataract surgery in rabbits. METHODS: Eight rabbits were divided into experimental and control groups of four rabbits each. Phacoemulsification and irrigation and aspiration were performed in all rabbits. This was followed by an LAS and IOL insertion in the four experimental rabbits. In the four control rabbits, only an IOL insertion was performed. Six months after the surgery, the location of the IOL, the conditions of the lens capsule and ciliary body were evaluated using a slitl-amp examination and Miyake-Apple view. RESULTS: For the experimental group, the ultrasound biomicroscope results showed normal LAS and IOL positioning in all four cases. According to the slitlamp examination and Miyake-Apple view, the IOL was positioned at the center, with less after-cataract and damage to the ciliary body. For the control group, ultrasound biomicroscope results indicated a higher IOL position than normal, as well as a single case of IOL decentering. According to the slit-lamp examination and Miyake-Apple view, the IOL was decentered with more severe after-cataract and ciliary body damage. CONCLUSIONS: The LAS has the potential to maintain a stable IOL position while producing less after-cataract when used in lens-angle reconstruction for correction of presbyopia. Moreover, LAS implantation incurs less damage to the ciliary body.
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Animals , Rabbits , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Anterior Eye Segment , Ciliary Body/injuries , Disease Models, Animal , Eye Injuries/surgery , Lens Capsule, Crystalline/surgery , Lens Implantation, Intraocular , Microscopy, Acoustic , Phacoemulsification , Plastic Surgery ProceduresABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients diagnosed with refractive accommodative esotropia (RAE) whose refractive errors were gradually reduced to below +2.00 diopters (D) during follow-up but use of spectacles was still required for maintenance of good ocular alignment. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective review of the medical records of patients diagnosed with RAE from 1995 to 2011. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to their ocular alignment at the last visit. Inclusion criteria were hyperopia > or =+2.00 D detected with cycloplegic refraction at the initial visit, which then became mild hyperopia ( or =10 prism diopters [PD]) without spectacles (group A) and 66 patients showed good ocular alignment (<10 PD) without spectacles (group B) at the last visit. No statistically significant differences in the spherical equivalent of the refractive errors at the initial and last visit were observed between the two groups. A significantly lower number of positive responses on the Lang I stereotest was observed in group A (n = 1, 3.8%) compared to group B (n = 22, 33.3%) (p = 0.003). There were increasing trends toward group A with worsening stereoacuity measured by the Stereo Fly Stereotest between the two groups (p = 0.016, linear by linear association). The results of the Lang I test, Stereo Fly Stereotest, and duration between the onset of esotropia and prescribing spectacles showed a significant association with the discontinuation of spectacles in the univariate logistic analysis. CONCLUSIONS: Stereoacuity showed more significant associations than refractive errors in RAE with refractive error <+2.00 D but still required spectacles for maintenance of good ocular alignment. The prompt treatment of accommodative esotropia at the onset of esotropia is important for the discontinuation of spectacles.
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Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Esotropia/physiopathology , Eyeglasses , Follow-Up Studies , Hyperopia/physiopathology , Refraction, Ocular/physiology , Retrospective Studies , Vision, Binocular/physiology , Visual Acuity/physiologyABSTRACT
PURPOSE: The optical correction of presbyopia must be handled individually. Our aim was to compare the methods used in addition to the refractive near vision, with the final addition used in presbyopic patients. METHODS: Eighty healthy subjects with a mean age of 49.7 years (range 40 to 60 years) were studied. Tentative near additions were determined using four different techniques: one-half amplitude accommodation with minus lenses (AAL); one-third accommodative demand with positive lens (ADL); balanced range of accommodation with minus and positive lenses (BRA) and crossed cylinder test with initial myopisation (CCT). The power of the addition was then refined to arrive at the final addition. RESULTS: The mean tentative near additions were lower than the final addition for ADL and BRA addition methods. The mean differences between tentative and final additions were low for all the tests examined (less than 0.25 D). The intervals between the 95% limits of agreement differed substantially and were always higher than ±0.50 D. CONCLUSION: All the methods used displayed similar behavior and provided a tentative addition close to the final addition. The coefficient of agreements (COA) detected suggests that every tentative addition should be adjusted according to the particular needs of the patient.
OBJETIVO: A correção óptica da presbiopia deve ser manejada individualmente. Nosso intuito é de comparar os métodos usados para calcular a adição na elaboração do grau para perto em pacientes présbitas. MÉTODOS: Oitenta pacientes com média de idade de 49,7 anos (intervalo de 40 a 60 anos) foram estudados. Adições provisórias foram determinadas usando quatro diferentes técnicas: metade da amplitude de acomodação com lentes negativas (AAL); um terço da demanda acomodativa com lentes positivas (ADL); média aritmética da acomodação usando lentes positivas e negativas (BRA); teste com o cilindro cruzado com miopização (CCT). O grau final foi refinado até chegar a graduação final da adição. RESULTADOS: A média das adições nos testes foram menores que as adições finais nos métodos ADL e BRA. As diferenças médias entre os testes e o grau final foram baixas em todos os métodos (menores que +0,25 D). Os intervalos entre os 95% dos limites da concordância diferenciaram substancialmente e foram todos maiores que ±0.50 D. CONCLUSÃO: Todos os métodos usados demonstraram comportamentos similares e forneceram resultados bem próximos da adição final. O coeficiente de concordância (COA) detectado, sugere que todos os métodos utilizados devem ser ajustados de acordo com as necessidades do paciente.
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Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Eyeglasses , Presbyopia/therapy , Cross-Sectional Studies , Depth Perception/physiology , Reference Values , Reproducibility of Results , Visual AcuityABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To evaluate the differences of wavefront aberrations under cycloplegic, scotopic and photopic conditions. METHODS: A total of 174 eyes of 105 patients were measured using the wavefront sensor (WaveScan® 3.62) under different pupil conditions: cycloplegic 8.58 ± 0.54 mm (6.4 mm - 9.5 mm), scotopic 7.53 ± 0.69 mm (5.7 mm - 9.1 mm) and photopic 6.08 ± 1.14 mm (4.1 mm - 8.8 mm). The pupil diameter, standard Zernike coefficients, root mean square of higher-order aberrations and dominant aberrations were compared between cycloplegic and scotopic conditions, and between scotopic and photopic conditions. RESULTS: The pupil diameter was 7.53 ± 0.69 mm under the scotopic condition, which reached the requirement of about 6.5 mm optical zone design in the wavefront-guided surgery and prevented measurement error due to the pupil centroid shift caused by mydriatics. Pharmacological pupil dilation induced increase of standard Zernike coefficients Z3-3, Z4(0) and Z5-5. The higher-order aberrations, third-order aberration, fourth-order aberration, fifth-order aberration, sixth-order aberration, and spherical aberration increased statistically significantly, compared to the scotopic condition (P<0.010). When the scotopic condition shifted to the photopic condition, the standard Zernike coefficients Z4(0), Z4², Z6-4, Z6-2, Z6² decreased and all the higher-order aberrations decreased statistically significantly (P<0.010), demonstrating that accommodative miosis can significantly improve vision under the photopic condition. Under the three conditions, the vertical coma aberration appears the most frequently within the dominant aberrations without significant effect by pupil size variance, and the proportion of spherical aberrations decreased with the decrease of the pupil size. CONCLUSIONS: The wavefront aberrations are significantly different under cycloplegic, scotopic and photopic conditions. Using the wavefront sensor (VISX WaveScan) to measure scotopic wavefront aberrations is feasible for the wavefront-guided refractive surgery.
OBJETIVO: Avaliar as diferenças de aberrações de frente de onda, em diferentes condições pupilares: sob cicloplegia, escotópica e fotópica. MÉTODOS: Um total de 174 olhos de 105 pacientes foram avaliados utilizando o sensor de frente de onda (WaveScan® 3.62) em diferentes condições pupilares: sob cicloplegia 8,58 ± 0,54 mm (6.4 mm-9.5 mm), escotópica 7,53 ± 0,69 mm (5,7 mm - 9,1 mm) e fotópica 6,08 ± 1,14 mm (4,1 mm - 8,8 mm). Diâmetro da pupila, coeficientes de Zernike, RMS ("Root Mean Square") das aberrações de alta ordem e as aberrações dominantes foram comparados entre as condições sob cicloplegia e escotópica, e entre as condições escotópica e fotópica. RESULTADOS: O diâmetro da pupila foi 7,53 ± 0.69 mm sob a condição escotópica e atingiu a exigência de cerca de 6,5 mm de zona óptica na cirurgia baseada em análise de frentes de ondas, evitando erros de medição consequentes à mudança de centroide pupilar provocada por midriáticos. A dilatação farmacológica da pupila induziu aumento dos coeficientes de Zernike Z3-3, Z4(0) e Z5-5. As aberrações de mais alta ordem (terceira, quarta, quinta e sexta ordem) e a aberração esférica aumentaram de forma estatisticamente significativa, em comparação com a condição escotópica (P<0,010). Quando a condição escotópica se mudou para a condição fotópica, os coeficientes de Zernike Z4(0), Z4², Z6-4, Z6-2, Z6² e todas as aberrações de alta ordem diminuíram de forma estatisticamente significativa (P<0,010), demonstrando que a miose acomodativa pode significativamente melhorar a visão sob a condição fotópica. Sob as três condições, a aberração coma vertical apareceu mais frequentemente dentro das aberrações dominantes, sem influência significativa da variação do tamanho da pupila, e a proporção de aberração esférica diminuiu com a diminuição do tamanho da pupila. CONCLUSÕES: As aberrações de frente de onda são significativamente diferentes sob cicloplegia, condições escotópica e fotópica. O uso do sensor de frentes de onda (VISX WaveScan) para medir as aberrações de frente de onda escotópicas é uma opção viável para a cirurgia refrativa baseada em análise de frentes de onda.
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Adolescent , Adult , Humans , Young Adult , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Contrast Sensitivity/physiology , Corneal Wavefront Aberration/diagnosis , Ophthalmoplegia/physiopathology , Corneal Topography , Corneal Wavefront Aberration/physiopathologyABSTRACT
PURPOSE: To report the long term results of bifocal treatment in nonrefractive accommodative esotropia and to analyze the changes of accommodative convergence to accommodation (AC/A) ratio. METHODS: Sixteen patients treated with bifocal glasses for at least 5 years were evaluated retrospectively. Angle of deviation at near and distance, refractive error, and AC/A ratio by the lens gradient method were analyzed. The changes of AC/A ratios were also compared after dividing the patients according to continuation or cessation of bifocal therapy. RESULTS: Six patients (38%; bifocal stop group, BSG) were able to stop using bifocal glasses at an average age of 10.8 years (range, 6.5 to 15.4 years) during their follow-up. However, the other ten patients (62%; bifocal continue group, BCG) had to continue using bifocal glasses until the final visit, which was 13.8 years on average (range, 11.3 to 18.5 years). The AC/A ratio decreased from time of bifocal prescription to the last visit in both groups, from 4.4 to 2.7 in the BSG and from 5.9 to 4.5 in the BCG. AC/A ratios were significantly higher (p = 0.03) in the BCG than that of the BSG from the beginning of bifocal treatment and this difference was persistent until the final visit (p = 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: The AC/A ratio decreased with age in both groups but was significantly higher throughout the entire follow-up period in the BCG. AC/A ratio at bifocal prescription could be an important factor in predicting response to bifocal treatment.
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Adolescent , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Cyclopentolate/administration & dosage , Esotropia/physiopathology , Eyeglasses , Phenylephrine/administration & dosage , Retrospective Studies , Statistics, Nonparametric , Tropicamide/administration & dosageABSTRACT
The authors conducted a review of classical and conflicting theories of accommodation and presbyopia. They make a critical comparison with the findings of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that have been developed in recent decades. Based on these studies, formulates a new approach on the subject, shifting the focus of the discussion of the lens to the posterior pole of the eye.
Os autores revisaram as teorias clássicas e conflitantes sobre acomodação e presbiopia. E as compararam criticamente com os achados de imagem por ressonância magnética (MRI) que têm se desenvolvido nas últimas décadas. Baseado nestes estudos, formulam uma nova abordagem sobre o tema, mudando o foco da discussão do cristalino para o polo posterior do olho.
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Humans , Presbyopia/physiopathology , Presbyopia/diagnostic imaging , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Lens, Crystalline/physiopathology , Aging/physiology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Ciliary Body/physiopathology , Elasticity , Emmetropia/physiology , Models, TheoreticalABSTRACT
La medición de la respuesta acomodativa (LAG de acomodación) tiene gran importancia clínica, puesto que ayuda en el diagnóstico de las disfunciones del sistema de vergencias y acomodativas. Sin embargo,en la forma como es evaluado clínicamente no se ha estandarizado cuál debe ser el tamaño del objeto que se observa. Objetivo: determinar los cambios en el LAG de acomodación con estímulos de diferentes tamaños. Metodología: se realizó un estudio cuasiexperimental con 134 personas (269 ojos), seleccionadas según el cumplimiento de criterios de inclusión y exclusión, que fueron expuestas a diferentes tamaños de estímulos acomodativos para determinar cambios en la respuesta acomodativa con la retinoscopía de Nott. Resultados: no se encontró variación significativa cuando el estímulo fueron letras o dibujo(límites de acuerdo ±0,14 D). Cuando la luz se utilizó como estimulo, generó una variación clínica y estadísticamente significativa (límites de acuerdo 95% 0,03 - 0,34). Conclusiones: se debe evaluar el LAG de acomodación o realizar una retinoscopía dinámica (Merchán, 1966), con puntos de fijación,como letras o figuras acordes a la edad y nivel de atención del sujeto.
The assess LAG of accommodation has clinical significance,since they help in the diagnosis of system failures and accommodative vergence. However there is no standardized clinical evaluation which should be the size of the object being observed. Objective:to Determine changes in the LAG of accommodation with stimuli of different sizes. Methods: We performed a quasi-experimental study, where exposure was developed at different sizes of stimulus and accommodative response was measured on a group of patients, 134 individuals (269 eyes), selected according to the following inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: It wasn´t found a significant variation, when the stimulus is figure or drawing (limits of agreement ± 0.14 D), whereas when light was usedas stimulus produces statistically and clinically significant change (limits of agreement 0.03 to 0.34).Conclusions: Should be evaluated LAG accommodation or make a dynamic retinoscopy (Merchán), with attachment points as letters or figures appropriate age and level of attention from the subject.
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Humans , Accommodation, Ocular , Accommodation, Ocular/physiology , Vision, OcularABSTRACT
Accommodative spasm is a rare condition occurring in children, adolescents, and young adults. A familial tendency for this binocular vision disorder has not been reported. I describe accommodative spasm occurring in a brother and sister. Both children presented on the same day with complaints of headaches and blurred vision. Treatment included cycloplegia drops and bifocals. Siblings of patients having accommodative spasm should receive a detailed eye exam with emphasis on recognition of accommodative spasm.