April 2014
Volume 55, Issue 13
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ARVO Annual Meeting Abstract  |   April 2014
Asymmetries in Peripheral Refraction Change with Emmetropization and Induced Eye Growth
Author Affiliations & Notes
  • Alexandra Benavente-Perez
    Biological Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY
  • Ann Nour
    Biological Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY
  • David Troilo
    Biological Sciences, SUNY College of Optometry, New York, NY
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    Commercial Relationships Alexandra Benavente-Perez, None; Ann Nour, None; David Troilo, None
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Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science April 2014, Vol.55, 2731. doi:
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      Alexandra Benavente-Perez, Ann Nour, David Troilo; Asymmetries in Peripheral Refraction Change with Emmetropization and Induced Eye Growth. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2014;55(13):2731.

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Abstract
 
Purpose
 

Imposing full-field defocus on the retina of marmosets triggers compensatory changes in eye growth and refractive state that lead to asymmetries in the refraction of the peripheral retina. In this study we explore how these asymmetries change with age during untreated emmetropization and after induced changes in ocular growth to imposed peripheral defocus.

 
Methods
 

Nasal-temporal asymmetries in relative peripheral refraction were analyzed in untreated marmosets between 7 (N=16) and 19 (N=9) wks of age. We compared data from eyes treated with single vision contact lenses ¬-5D (SVN, N=14), +5D (SVP, N=18), bifocal contact lenses with a 3mm plano central zone with -5D or +5D in the periphery (3pl/-5, N=10; 3pl/+5, N=10), and bifocals with a 1.5mm plano central zone with +5D (1.5pl/+5, N=10). Refractions were measured at 7, 11, 15 and 19 wks of age using an IR photorefractor (MultiChannel System). Nasal-temporal asymmetries were calculated at 20 and 40 deg on the sagittal, tangential and spherical equivalent (SphEQ) image shells.

 
Results
 

Results for each image shell were similar. We describe the changes in SphEQ here. During emmetropization in untreated marmosets (mean±se change in axial refraction: 4.19±0.45D), the mean asymmetry in peripheral refraction at 20 deg shifted significantly from relative hyperopia on the temporal retina at wk 7 to relative hyperopia on the nasal retina at wk 19. Marmosets treated with SVP or any bifocal contact lens showed a similar change in asymmetry. Marmosets treated with SVN experienced the greatest refractive asymmetry changes of all groups, also towards more nasal hyperopia, at both 20 and 40 deg.

 
Conclusions
 

Marmosets normally exhibit nasal-temporal asymmetries in near peripheral refraction that change with age toward relative nasal hyperopia. Similar shifts in asymmetry were observed in response to all experimental conditions, but were greatest when animals were treated with full-field negative defocus. These results suggest that the observed changes in the asymmetry of near peripheral refraction are related to increasing eye growth as seen during emmetropization. These changes increased significantly with compensation for imposed hyperopic defocus, possibly providing a stimulus for additional growth, but did not decrease with compensation for imposed myopic defocus, supporting the conclusion that the shift is related to increasing growth.

  
Keywords: 605 myopia • 676 refraction • 511 emmetropization  
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