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Restoration of accommodation.

Adrian Glasser1

  • 1College of Optometry, 4901 Calhoun Rd, University of Houston, TX 77204-2020, USA. aglasser@uh.edu

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology
|January 27, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Restoring the eye's accommodation is possible in presbyopia, but large clinical studies are needed. Research focuses on physiological aspects of accommodation and presbyopia to improve near vision.

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Area of Science:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Physiology

Background:

  • Presbyopia, an age-related loss of accommodation, affects near vision.
  • Understanding the physiological mechanisms of accommodation and presbyopia is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review current accommodation restoration concepts.
  • To emphasize the physiological aspects of accommodation and presbyopia.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of peer-reviewed studies.
  • Analysis of physiological amenability of accommodative structures.
  • Review of assessment methods including animal models, drug-stimulated accommodation, and vision tests.

Main Results:

  • Mechanisms of accommodation and causes of presbyopia are detailed.
  • The potential for restoring accommodation in presbyopic eyes is discussed.
  • Various methods for assessing accommodation restoration are reviewed.

Conclusions:

  • Physiological and clinical evidence supports accommodation restoration in presbyopia.
  • Progress is limited by a lack of large-scale clinical studies.
  • Objective measurement techniques are needed to evaluate outcomes.

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