Time course and decay of effects of near work on tonic accommodation and tonic vergence.

Autor: Wolf KS; Schnurmacher Institute for Vision Sciences, SUNY/State College of Optometry, Department of Vision Sciences, NY 10010., Ciuffreda KJ, Jacobs SE
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) [Ophthalmic Physiol Opt] 1987; Vol. 7 (2), pp. 131-5.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.1987.tb01008.x
Abstrakt: Changes in tonic accommodation and tonic vergence were monitored before, during and immediately after a 45 min period of reading adult level text displayed on either a computer monitor or hard copy at 20 cm under binocular viewing conditions. Both tonic accommodation and tonic vergence gradually increased during the reading period, with changes in tonic accommodation occurring more rapidly. The average increases in tonic accommodation and tonic vergence following reading were 0.35 dioptres and 0.38 metre angles, respectively. Decay of both tonic components to the baseline in either light or total darkness occurred within the first 3 min. These results suggest that a moderate period of interrupted reading at a close distance can produce a transient increase in the tonic oculomotor levels.
Databáze: MEDLINE