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The effect of ametropia on the accommodative response
Author(s) -
Ramsdale C.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1985.tb01530.x
Subject(s) - optometry , medicine , ophthalmology
. The accommodative response of 15 myopic, 10 hypermetropic and 15 emmetropic (<+0.50 D) subjects was assessed by the laser optometer. The Snellen E target was viewed binocularly whilst the monocular response to various levels of stimuli (0 D to 5 D) was measured. The mean response/stimulus curves and resting points for each group are compared. No significant difference is present between the 3 groups. There is no correlation between a) the resting point and spectacle prescription (r = 0.20) and b) the slope of the response/stimulus curve and the spectacle prescription (r = –0.32). The effect of ametropia on the accommodative response is insignificant.