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Simulating the Mechanics of Lens Accommodation via a Manual Lens Stretcher
Published on: February 23, 2018
The evolution of mechanism of accommodation and a novel hypothesis
Guanghong Zhang1,2,3, Qian Wei4, Lei Lu5
1School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, No. 2006, Xiyuan Ave West Hi-Tech Zone, Chengdu, CN611731, China.
Abstract:
Myopia and presbyopia are two major optometry problems facing the whole society. The mechanism of accommodation is strongly related to the treatments of myopia and presbyopia. However, the key mechanism of accommodation has puzzled us for over 400 years and is still not clear at present, leading to the stagnation of prevention and treatment of myopia and presbyopia. With the continued development of experimental technologies and equipment, the approaches to elucidate accommodation's intricacies have become more methodological and sophisticated. Fortunately, some significant progress has been made. This article is to review the evolution of the mechanism of accommodation. Helmholtz proposed a classical theory of "zonules relax during accommodation." In contrast, Schachar put forward a theory of "zonules taut during accommodation." Those hypotheses are relatively complete, but either do not fully explain everything about the accommodation mechanism or lack sufficient experimental and clinical evidence to support them. Then, some contentious issues are discussed in detail to find the truth. Finally, we proposed our hypothesis about accommodation based on the anatomy of the accommodative apparatus.
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