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MEASUREMENT OF ACCOMMODATIVE AMPLITUDE IN AMBLYOPIA
Author(s) -
Hokoda Steven C.,
Ciuffreda Kenneth J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
ophthalmic and physiological optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1475-1313
pISSN - 0275-5408
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-1313.1982.tb00178.x
Subject(s) - retinoscopy , optometry , monocular , lens (geology) , amplitude , optics , medicine , ophthalmology , refractive error , physics , visual acuity
Monocular accommodative amplitudes were measured in amblyopic individuals by the subjective minus lens push‐up techniques and by the objective dynamic retinoscopy. Accommodative amplitudes were always reduced in amblyopic eyes using the minus lens and retinoscopy techniques, but not with the push‐up technique which Inflated this measure, Owing to difficulty in detecting defocused stimuli with the amblyopic eye. it is suggested that the objective retinoscopic technique be used by clinicians for accurate assessment of accommodative amplitude in these patients.