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The human axial length and choroidal thickness responses to continuous and alternating episodes of myopic and hyperopic blur

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  • Samaneh Delshad
  • Michael John Collins
  • Scott Andrew Read
  • Stephen James Vincent

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Purpose: To investigate the change in axial length (AxL) and choroidal thickness (ChT) in response to continuous and alternating episodes of monocular myopic and hyperopic defocus. Methods: The right eye of sixteen young adults was exposed to 60 minute episodes of either continuous or alternating myopic and hyperopic defocus (+3 DS & -3 DS) over six separate days, with the left eye optimally corrected for distance. During alternating defocus conditions, the eye was exposed to either 30 or 15 minute cycles of myopic and hyperopic defocus, with the order of defocus reversed in separate sessions. The AxL and ChT of the right eye were measured before, during and after each defocus condition. Results: Significant changes in AxL were observed over time, dependent upon the defocus condition (p 0.05). Similar, but smaller magnitude, changes were observed for ChT. Conclusions: The human eye appears capable of temporal averaging of visual cues from alternating myopic and hyperopic defocus. In the short term, this integration appears to be a cancellation of the effects of the preceding defocus condition of opposite sign.

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  • Samaneh Delshad & Michael John Collins & Scott Andrew Read & Stephen James Vincent, 2020. "The human axial length and choroidal thickness responses to continuous and alternating episodes of myopic and hyperopic blur," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(12), pages 1-16, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0243076
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243076
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