title: The influence of accommodative insufficiency on reading.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  It is not known how accommodative insufficiency influences reading performance.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reading eye movements were recorded before and after treatment for accommodative insufficiency in 12 school children (eight to 16 years). During the eight-week treatment period all subjects wore a +1.00 D addition when reading.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Large variations in reading patterns were found. Despite successful accommodative treatment (p < 0.001), no correlation was found to suggest improved reading velocity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Three case reports will be presented and the implications discussed.
authors.affiliation: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Section for Eye and Vision, St Eriks Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. saber.abdi@ste.ki.se
authors.forename: Saber
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abdi
authors.forename: Rune
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brautaset
authors.forename: Agneta
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rydberg
authors.forename: Tony
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pansell
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D005133:Eye Movements / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015835:Ocular Motility Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011932:Reading; D012720:Severity of Illness Index