Effect of accommodation of the lens on ocular pressure

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1995 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Irish Journal of Medical Science, volume 164, pages 269-270 (issn: 0021-1265, eissn: 1863-4362,

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Authors: J, Blake; T, Horgan; P, Carroll; J, Stokes; P, Fitzpatrick;

doi: 10.1007/bf02967200

pmid: 8522426

Effect of accommodation of the lens on ocular pressure

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Abstract

In a randomised single blind trial, eye pressures were significantly (p < 0.01) lower in a group (n=33) of subjects who read for 15 minutes than in a control group (n=33).

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Keywords

Adult, Ciliary Body, Age Factors, Accommodation, Ocular, Pilot Projects, Presbyopia, Middle Aged, Aqueous Humor, Hyperopia, Reading, Lens, Crystalline, Myopia, Humans, Single-Blind Method, Intraocular Pressure, Aged

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