title: [Application of the Salzburg reading desk in accommodation and presbyopic research].
abstract: The determination of reading acuity is still the most important clinical examination, whenever the potential benefits of "presbyopic surgery" are compared. Reading distance--the by far most critical parameter in testing reading acuity--seems to be quite variable for every patient tested, whenever patients are allowed to freely choose a subjectively convenient reading distance. Therefore, measuring reading acuity with a fixed reading distance does not allow conclusions to be drawn on the "every-day reading ability" of individual patients. Since 2004, the Eye Clinic of Salzburg University has been continuously working on the development of a standardised device that enables clinicians and researchers to systematically evaluate every patient's individual reading performance under standardised conditions.
authors.affiliation: Universitätsklinik für Augenheilkunde und Optometrie, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität Salzburg, Müllner Hauptstraße 48,Salzburg, Austria. a.dexl@salk.at
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Dexl
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D007910:Lenses, Intraocular; D010780:Photogrammetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D011932:Reading; D012106:Research; D012984:Software; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014792:Visual Acuity