[Presbytia: are eyeglasses unavoidable?].
The power of eye accommodation to close vision decreases with age. This physiological process, called presbytia (or presbyopia), occurs in all people reaching maturity, irrespective of sex and race. This paper describes the evolution of our knowledge concerning this phenomenon and the various means of correction utilized nowadays to compensate for the loss of accommodation power.
Bonnac
J P
JP
D000221:Adaptation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D002648:Child; D003261:Contact Lenses; D005139:Eyeglasses; D006801:Humans; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000503:physiopathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery
La presbytie: les lunettes sont-elles inévitables?