Comparison of Subjective with Objective Measure of Amplitude of Accommodation with Age Matched Hofstteterâs Normative Data
*Corresponding Author: Gomathy Boobathy, Department of Optometry, Bharathiar University, Tamil Nadu, India, Email: gomathy171297@gmail.comReceived Date: Aug 03, 2021 / Accepted Date: Aug 17, 2021 / Published Date: Aug 24, 2021
Citation: Boobathy G (2021) Comparison of Subjective with Objective Measure of Amplitude of Accommodation with Age Matched Hofstteter’s Normative Data. Optom Open Access 6: 152.
Copyright: © 2021 Boobathy G. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Abstract
Aim: To analyze the comparison of subjective with objective measure of amplitude of accommodation with age matched hofstetter’s formula.
Purpose: Dynamic retinoscopy is an objective technique for assessing maximum accommodative responsivity. The present study examined the reliability of this procedure when measuring the amplitude of accommodation.
Methods: The amplitude of accommodation was measured in 57 subjects between 17 and 22 years of age using Dynamic Retinoscopy and a subjective method, Modified Pull Away. The repeatability between the methods were determined using the mean difference.
Results: Dynamic Retinoscopy showed the lowest mean value of Amplitude of Accommodation (average=7.71 D) whereas the mean value for Modified Pull Away was 9.80 D. Average for Dynamic Retinoscopy-Modified Pull Away was 2.10 D.
Conclusion: The Dynamic Retinoscopy technique provides a more veridical measurement of the Amplitude of Accommodation because it avoids the over-estimation resulting from the depth-of-field. Moreover, the Dynamic Retinoscopy technique exhibited higher reproducibility when compared with subjective methods.