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dc.contributor.supervisorBuckhurst, Phillip
dc.contributor.authorSzostek, Nicola
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Healthen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-31T11:27:37Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier10458859en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/9883
dc.description.abstract

Accommodation is the change in the dioptric power of the eye altering the focus from distance to near. Presbyopia is the loss of accommodative function that occurs with age. There are many techniques used to measure accommodation, however, there is little consensus as to how clinical data should be collected and analysed. The overarching theme of this thesis is the in vivo examination of accommodation and how lifestyle can affect the onset of presbyopia. An open-field autorefractor with badal adaption was used to examine accommodative dynamic profiles under varying demands of vergence. From this data a new metric for assessing the time for accommodative change was derived. Furthermore this thesis describes a bespoke automated accommodative facility instrument that was developed to provide further assessment of accommodative speeds. Defocus curves are used for assessing accommodation and depth-of-focus; the work presented explores the use of non-linear regression models to define the most appropriate method of assessing defocus curves in phakic subjects, and pseudophakic subjects implanted with an extended depth-of-focus intraocular lens. Using an absolute cut-off criteria of +0.30logMAR improved the repeatability and reliability of the depth-of-focus metrics over a cut-off criteria relative to the best corrected visual acuity. A swept-source anterior segment optical coherence tomographer (AS-OCT) was used to image the morphology of the ciliary muscle during accommodation. The accuracy of ciliary muscle measurements was improved when using reference points on the sclera to align the AS-OCT scan. The use of a ciliary muscle area metric demonstrated poor repeatability and reliability when compared to the traditional assessment of muscle morphology via thickness measurements. Physiological ageing in the crystalline lens occurs in line with ageing in other structures in the body. The methods for assessing accommodative function examined in previous chapters, were used to examine whether lifestyle factors which affect the rate of systemic ageing, such as smoking, also affect accommodative function. Although being a current smoker and having greater central adiposity was associated with a slower time for accommodative change, further research is required before these findings can be applied to the target population.

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dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Plymouth
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectOcular
dc.subjectAccommodation Presbyopia
dc.subjectAccommodative Dynamics
dc.subjectAccommodative Facility
dc.subjectDefocus Curves
dc.subjectDepth of Focus
dc.subjectCiliary Muscle
dc.subjectAS-OCT
dc.subjectLifestyle
dc.subjectOptometryen_US
dc.subject.classificationPhDen_US
dc.titleAssessment of Ocular Accommodation in Humansen_US
dc.typeThesis
plymouth.versionpublishableen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.24382/767
dc.rights.embargodate2018-08-31T11:27:37Z
dc.rights.embargoperiod12 monthsen_US
dc.type.qualificationDoctorateen_US
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plymouth.orcid.id0000-0003-3824-1136en_US


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