{"title":"2024 Charles F. Prentice Medal award lecture: Moments of inspiration.","authors":"Nathan Efron","doi":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002202","DOIUrl":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this Prentice Medal Award lecture, I shall recount my career in vision science in the context of three types of inspiration-\"being inspired,\" \"personal inspiration,\" and \"inspiring others.\" My research has derived inspiration from a variety of sources, such as contemporary and historical research doyens in the ophthalmic field and beyond, artists, Greek philosophers, and abstract constructs such as principles and adages. A given moment of inspiration can range from being a profound experience to a subtle realization during a quiet moment of reflection. Here I shall recount the primary research domains of vision science that have defined my academic career in the context of the three types of inspiration defined above. These research domains are ophthalmic markers of diabetic neuropathy, ocular response to contact lens wear, contact lens-induced parainflammation, contact lens-associated microbial keratitis, grading scales for contact lens complications, contact lens prescribing surveys, material properties of contact lenses, contact lens compliance, history of contact lenses, ocular thermography, and ophthalmic bibliometrics. The notions of \"being inspired\" and \"personal inspiration\" are necessarily subjective, although I have endeavored to present them here in a scientific context. Conversely, the notion of \"inspiring others\" can be objectively gauged, at least in part, by counting article citations or the number of times articles are read online or downloaded from a journal website. In conclusion, my research in the vision sciences has been inspired by others, derived from personal ideas, and perhaps in turn has inspired others.</p>","PeriodicalId":19649,"journal":{"name":"Optometry and Vision Science","volume":"101 12","pages":"690-713"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142896647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"THANK YOU! To Optometry & Vision Science reviewers and editors.","authors":"David B Elliott","doi":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/OPX.0000000000002207","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19649,"journal":{"name":"Optometry and Vision Science","volume":"101 12","pages":"685-689"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142896649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A pilot study of the impact of repeated blink refrainment on ocular surface temperature and the interblink period.","authors":"Wing Li, Andrew D Graham, Meng C Lin","doi":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002195","DOIUrl":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002195","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Significance: </strong>This study examines a potential stress test of repeated blink refrainment and its effects on the interblink period and the rate of evaporative ocular surface cooling. Such a test could aid in the study of computer vision syndrome, in which screen users unconsciously delay blinking, leading to onset of symptoms.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to examine the relationship between the length of the maximum achievable interblink time and the rate of ocular surface cooling under stress test conditions of repeated refrainment from blinking for as long as possible.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Subjects acclimated to the examination room for 10 minutes before measurement and then were asked to hold the eyes open and refrain from blinking for as long as possible (the maximum blink interval), while ocular surface temperature was recorded using an infrared thermographic video camera. Subjects completed 20 trials with four successive blinks separating each trial.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Fifteen subjects (8 female and 7 male subjects) completed the study. The grand mean ocular surface cooling rate was -0.027°C/s (range, -0.338 to +0.014°C/s). A faster ocular surface cooling rate was significantly related to an exponentially shorter maximum blink interval (p<0.001). An increasing number of trials was related to a clinically insignificant increase in the length of the maximum blink interval overall, and a post hoc analysis revealed subject subgroups for whom the stress test was effective or ineffective.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The ocular surface evaporatively cools exponentially during periods of blink refrainment. With a subgroup of subjects with initially stable tear films and normal lipid layer thickness, cumulative tear film stress from repeated, longer-term blink refrainment could contribute to tear evaporation and symptoms of computer vision syndrome.</p>","PeriodicalId":19649,"journal":{"name":"Optometry and Vision Science","volume":" ","pages":"652-659"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142604796","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where next for contact lens research?","authors":"Eric B Papas","doi":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002201","DOIUrl":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002201","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Virtual issue editorial: </strong>This editorial fronts the second virtual issue for Optometry & Vision Science. Virtual issues are a collection of papers from previously published issues of the journal that are brought together in a single, online publication. They highlight the important contribution the journal has made in supporting myopia research. All the papers referenced and previously published in Optometry & Vision Science will be made free access for 1-month. The collection can be accessed here: https://journals.lww.com/optvissci/pages/collectiondetails.aspx?TopicalCollectionId=18.</p>","PeriodicalId":19649,"journal":{"name":"Optometry and Vision Science","volume":"101 11","pages":"641-643"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficacy comparison of repeated low-level red-light therapy and orthokeratology lenses for myopia control.","authors":"Jing-Ru Sun, Zhi-Qiang Du, Gang-Yue Wu","doi":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002197","DOIUrl":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002197","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to compare and analyze the efficacy of repeated low-level red-light therapy and orthokeratology lenses for myopia control in children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Exactly 138 participants were enrolled in this retrospective study. Comprehensive eye examinations were performed prior to treatment. The repeated low-level red-light therapy and orthokeratology lenses groups comprised 67 and 71 patients, respectively. The age range was between 6 and 14 years, with myopia of ≤-0.50 D and astigmatism of ≤2.50 D after cycloplegia. Follow-up data were collected during the initial visit and the treatment period. Changes in axial length over a 2-year period and associated factors were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over the 2-year period, the repeated low-level red-light therapy group exhibited significantly less axial length growth compared with the orthokeratology lenses group (0.17 ± 0.40 vs. 0.50 ± 0.27 mm, p<0.001). In the first year, the axial length growth in the repeated low-level red-light therapy group was significantly less than that in the orthokeratology lenses group (0.03 ± 0.22 vs. 0.28 ± 0.18 mm, p<0.001), with no significant difference observed in the second year (0.14 ± 0.29 vs. 0.21 ± 0.14 mm, p=0.06). The repeated low-level red-light therapy group showed a 55% reduction in axial length after 1 month and a 42% reduction after 1 year, compared with 4% and 3% reductions in the orthokeratology lenses group, respectively. Linear mixed-effects model analysis indicated that the annual axial length change rate in the repeated low-level red-light therapy group was 0.10 mm (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.07 to 0.14), compared with 0.25 mm in the orthokeratology lenses group (95% CI, 0.24 to 0.27), with an average difference of 0.15 mm (95% CI, -0.17 to -0.12, p<0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Repeated low-level red-light therapy demonstrated slightly superior efficacy in controlling myopia progression in children compared with orthokeratology lenses.</p>","PeriodicalId":19649,"journal":{"name":"Optometry and Vision Science","volume":" ","pages":"660-665"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142558406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manon H J Veldman, Beritan Adanç, Ger H M B van Rens, Ruth M A van Nispen, Hilde P A van der Aa
{"title":"Exploring cognitive overload in adults with visual impairment: The association between concentration and fatigue.","authors":"Manon H J Veldman, Beritan Adanç, Ger H M B van Rens, Ruth M A van Nispen, Hilde P A van der Aa","doi":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002192","DOIUrl":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002192","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Significance: </strong>This research contributes to the concept of cognitive overload and the association between concentration and fatigue in individuals with visual impairment (VI). Gaining more insight into these and other factors explaining cognitive overload is essential for a better understanding, prevention, and treatment of fatigue severity in individuals with VI.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Individuals with VI need to use additional cognitive resources to compensate for their loss of vision. These cognitive demands include increased concentration, which may put an extra burden on energy levels. This study aimed to expand upon previous research on the concept of cognitive overload by exploring the relationship between concentration and fatigue severity in individuals with VI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted based on data from the eligibility screening of the E-nergEYEze trial (n = 213). Concentration problems were measured with the Checklist of Individual Strengths subscale Concentration, and fatigue severity was measured with the Checklist of Individual Strengths subscale Fatigue Severity. Linear regression analyses were performed to investigate the association between concentration problems and fatigue severity. Potential effect modifiers (i.e., sociodemographic and vision-related characteristics) were considered, and associations were corrected for confounding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Concentration problems were directly and positively associated with fatigue severity ( β = 0.47; R2 = 0.10; 95% confidence interval, 0.28 to 0.66; adjusted model: β = 0.52; R2 = 0.16; 95% confidence interval, 0.32 to 0.72). No relevant effect modifiers were identified. However, other factors that were not included in this study were involved in this association.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study contributes to understanding the cognitive overload as experienced by adults with VI and highlights the importance of the association of concentration problems, as a reflection of the cognitive burden and perceived fatigue. It is recommended to identify and address concentration difficulties through suitable awareness and treatment strategies to prevent and reduce severe fatigue in this population.</p>","PeriodicalId":19649,"journal":{"name":"Optometry and Vision Science","volume":" ","pages":"646-651"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142583976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book review: Adler's Physiology of the Eye, 12th ed.","authors":"Erica L Fletcher","doi":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002199","DOIUrl":"10.1097/OPX.0000000000002199","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":19649,"journal":{"name":"Optometry and Vision Science","volume":"101 11","pages":"644-645"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142740190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}