The effect of caffeine on the accommodative response/accommodative stimulus function and on the response AC/A ratio
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H Zhai1, D A Goss, R W Hammond
1College of Optometry, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK.
Abstract:
Using a phoro-accommodometer, accommodation and convergence responses were measured for 17 experimental subjects before and after they ingested 200 mg caffeine. For 16 control subjects accommodation and convergence responses were determined at two test sessions separated by 45 min. For the experimental group, the accommodative response/accommodative stimulus (Ar/As) slope increased 0.05 D/D after ingestion of caffeine, and the response AC/A ratio decreased 3.05 delta/D. The y-intercept of the convergence response/accommodative response increased by 3.7 delta in the experimental group. These changes were statistically significant. For the control group, the differences in Ar/As slope, response AC/A ratio, and convergence response/accommodative response y-intercept between first and second test sessions were not statistically significant.
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