title: Comparison of two clinical methods for measuring tonic accommodation in children.
abstract: Two methods have been described for measuring tonic accommodation (TA) under clinical conditions. One is the near retinoscopy (NEAR) method; the other uses Nott retinoscopy as the patient views a low spatial frequency difference of Gaussian (DOG) target. The purpose of this study was to compare the TA measures made by these two procedures on a group of 6- to 14-year-old children. The data indicate that the procedures yield significantly different information.
authors.affiliation: College of Optometry, University of Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rosner
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006956:Hyperopia / Q000503:physiopathology; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology; D011897:Random Allocation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013285:Strabismus / Q000503:physiopathology; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000379:methods*