title: Use of an ophthalmoscope for objective refraction of noncooperative patients.
abstract: Refractive ophthalmoscopy was performed on 16 subjects aged 5 to 27 years. Subjective refractions were performed on both eyes of the subjects followed by an ophthalmoscopic determination performed under cycloplegia by the authors. A 0.94 correlation was found between the subjectively determined "dry" refractive error and the refractive error determined ophthalmoscopically under cycloplegia by both examiners. The results of the two procedures differed by 1 D or less 82% of the time. The results indicate that refractive ophthalmoscopy is an alternative method for objectively determining refractive error in non-cooperative patients with poor fixational stability.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009184:Mydriatics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019721:Ophthalmoscopes; D009887:Ophthalmoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D009184:Mydriatics