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Accommodation insufficiency in children: are exercises better than reading glasses?
Author(s) -
WAHLBERG M,
CARLSSON R
Publication year - 2008
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.1755-3768.2008.441.x
Subject(s) - accommodation , medicine , significant difference , statistical significance , statistical analysis , ophthalmology , audiology , psychology , mathematics , statistics , neuroscience
Purpose Purpose: The aim of the present study is to investigate which mode of therapy is the most effective in the treatment of accommodative insufficiency (AI). The two methods compared was plus lens (+1.00D) reading addition (PLRA) or spherical flipper (± 1.50D). Methods Methods: Twenty four subjects (mean age 10.3 years, 2.5 SD) participated. All subjects were diagnosed with AI. Ten subjects were treated with PRLA and 9, out of 14, subjects completed spherical flipper treatment. The treatment time was 8 weeks. Results Results: There was a statistical significant improvement in the accommodative amplitude with both regimes of treatment. However, accommodation did not reach normal values after only 8 weeks of treatment. The analysis between the two therapies did not reveal any statistical significant difference although spherical flipper treatment was found to have an overall larger effect. Conclusion Conclusions: The results of the present study show that both methods improve accommodative amplitude but there were no significant difference between the two methods.