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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2010

Age-related changes in accommodative dynamics from preschool to adulthood.

Heather A Anderson, Adrian Glasser, Ruth E Manny, Karla K Stuebing

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Binocular and accommodative function in the controlled randomized clinical trial MiSight® Assessment Study Spain (MASS).Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2019
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  5. Attention to text and pictures during storybook reading in preschool children with moderate hyperopia.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2026
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  6. Longitudinal Evaluation of Static and Dynamic Accommodation in Young Children.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
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  13. Accommodative response in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): the influence of accommodation stimulus and medication.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2020
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  14. Twenty-four hour ocular and systemic diurnal rhythms in children.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2019
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  15. Calibration of the PlusOptix PowerRef 3 with change in viewing distance, adult age and refractive error.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2019
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  18. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder children exhibit an impaired accommodative response.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2018
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  19. Blur Detection, Depth of Field, and Accommodation in Emmetropic and Hyperopic Children.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2018
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  20. Impact of Cognitive Demand during Sustained Near Tasks in Children and Adults.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2018
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4 authors.

Heather A AndersonCollege of Optometry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-2020, USA. handerson@optometry.uh.edu
Adrian Glasser
Ruth E Manny
Karla K Stuebing

Funding

Research Programming ModuleP30EY007551 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI VALLABH E DAS · 1988 to 2026
$16.4M
Training Program with Universitiy of HoustonT32EY007024 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MASSEY, STEPHEN C · 1987 to 2016
$1.8M
Clinical Accommodation MeasurementR01EY017076 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI GLASSER, ADRIAN · 2008 to 2010
$1.0M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY007551NEI NIH HHS P30 EY07551NEI NIH HHS R01 EY017076NEI NIH HHS T32 EY007024NEI NIH HHS T32 EY07024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo study variations in dynamic measures of accommodation and disaccommodation with age in subjects ranging from preschool to adulthood.

methodsAccommodative responses to a step stimulus cartoon movie alternating from distance to near were recorded with a dynamic infrared photorefractor. Subjects viewed at least three stimulus cycles of far and near for four near stimulus demands (2, 3, 4, and 5 D). Latencies, peak velocities, and the magnitude of accommodative microfluctuations were calculated from the responses and compared in 41 subjects from 3 to 38 years of age.

resultsMean accommodative and disaccommodative latencies decreased linearly with age. The magnitude of accommodative microfluctuations during sustained near accommodation had a significant quadratic relationship to age, with subjects in the first decade of life having the largest fluctuations and subjects in the third decade of life having the smallest for all stimulus demands. Accommodative peak velocities were fastest in subjects in the first two decades of life, compared with subjects in the third and fourth decades; however, disaccommodative peak velocities showed no significant age differences.

conclusionsAge-related changes in dynamics occur in accommodative and disaccommodative latencies, accommodative peak velocities, and accommodative microfluctuations, all of which decrease with increasing age from preschool to adulthood. Disaccommodative peak velocities showed no change with age.

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Accommodation, OcularAdolescentAdultAge DistributionAgingChildChild, PreschoolHumansVisual AcuityYoung Adult

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PMID19684002
PMCPMC2869066

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