title: Critical review: effects of optical defocus on refractive development and ocular growth and relation to accommodation.
abstract: Studies of optical defocus on refractive development and ocular growth in animals are presented and discussed in relation to the accommodation hypothesis. None of these studies fully support the accommodation hypothesis. The problems encountered in these studies are also discussed.
authors: Department of Optometry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, National University of Malaysia, Kuala, Lumpur.
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: Chung
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002645:Chickens; D003315:Cornea / Q000502:physiology; D005123:Eye / Q000254:growth & development*; D008252:Macaca fascicularis; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D009216:Myopia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009799:Ocular Physiological Phenomena; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012029:Refraction, Ocular; D012683:Sensory Deprivation