{"title":"A comparison of the refractive status of myopic children and their parents.","authors":"J T Keller","doi":"10.1097/00006324-197303000-00004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-197303000-00004","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The spherical component of the refractive status of 289 myopic children, members of 165 families, was compared with that of their parents. The results indicate a much stronger relation‐ship between the refractive status of children and their parents than has previously been reported for a sample of this size. The finding of sex‐related differences in the correlations between parents and children provides evidence in support of the hypothesis that hereditary factors are involved in the development of myopia.","PeriodicalId":78011,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry","volume":"50 3","pages":"206-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/00006324-197303000-00004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15614856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Validity of the laser refraction technique for determining spherical error in different refractive groups.","authors":"W O Dwyer, D Granata, R Bossin, S R Andreas","doi":"10.1097/00006324-197303000-00006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-197303000-00006","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to establish for a large sample the validity of the laser refraction technique. Using the method spherical errors were determined for the dominant eyes of 100 observers. Their task was to observe through a phoropter a defocused laser pattern and report when the speckle movement ceased. The data were analyzed for four refractive groups (low myopes, high myopes, low hyperopes, high hyperopes) in terms of the degree to which the laser findings correlated with the other objective and subjective techniques for determining spherical error. It was found for all groups that the laser determinations were highly valid. The laser findings were also analyzed for each group to determine the variability of the procedure, and the results confirmed our earlier findings that the technique is also very reliable. Taken as a whole, the findings indicate that laser refraction may have greater application than mere use in gross screening situations, as is often asserted.","PeriodicalId":78011,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry","volume":"50 3","pages":"222-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/00006324-197303000-00006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15614858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lateral heterophia sequentially measured by a stepping prism system.","authors":"W L Larson","doi":"10.1097/00006324-197303000-00009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-197303000-00009","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Lateral heterophoria values have been measured sequentially by means of a computer controlled stepping prism. Von Graefe's method, with minor modifications, was used. A modification of this method is shown by which phoria variations can be followed, starting from the break of fusion. These subjective measurements of heterophoria show characteristics that would not be revealed by a single measuremnt.","PeriodicalId":78011,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry","volume":"50 3","pages":"242-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/00006324-197303000-00009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15674218","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Diet and refractive characteristics.","authors":"F A Young, G A Leary, R R Zimmerman, D A Strobel","doi":"10.1097/00006324-197303000-00007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-197303000-00007","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Twenty monkeys which had been on a low protein diet (2.5—3%) for an average of 32 months are compared visually with eighteen monkeys which had been on a high protein diet (22—23%) for an average of 28 months. The range of visual refractive errors as well as the median and mean refraction are identical in the two groups even though other diet‐related characteristics (height, weight, growth and development and behavior) are significantly different.","PeriodicalId":78011,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry","volume":"50 3","pages":"226-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/00006324-197303000-00007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15733249","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fundus photography without dilation.","authors":"R. Nowakowski","doi":"10.1097/00006324-197302000-00006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-197302000-00006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":78011,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry","volume":"50 2 1","pages":"112-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/00006324-197302000-00006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"61639968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fixation characteristics in hereditary congenital nystagmus.","authors":"L F Dell'Osso","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":78011,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry","volume":"50 2","pages":"85-90"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15611927","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"American Academy of Optometry. Geographical directory of members.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":78011,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry","volume":"50 2","pages":"135-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15671186","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An educational note from Berkeley.","authors":"R D Freeman, T E Cohn","doi":"10.1097/00006324-197302000-00008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-197302000-00008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":78011,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry","volume":"50 2","pages":"117-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/00006324-197302000-00008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15611926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A mechanism for refractive changes in diabetes.","authors":"J T Keller","doi":"10.1097/00006324-197302000-00005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-197302000-00005","url":null,"abstract":"&NA; Changes in refraction are a commonly reported manifestation of diabetes mellitus. None of the theories that have been proposed to explain the mechanism by which the changes occur have been able to adequately explain all of the observed changes. This paper proposes a new theory that can explain all changes that have been described as occurring before, during, and after treatment of diabetes.","PeriodicalId":78011,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry","volume":"50 2","pages":"108-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/00006324-197302000-00005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15611923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of the placebo effect in optometry.","authors":"D B Carter, D C Allen","doi":"10.1097/00006324-197302000-00003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-197302000-00003","url":null,"abstract":"&NA; The placebo effect plays a large role in the effectiveness of optometric therapy as it does in therapies used by members of other healing arts professions. Rather than attempting to avoid placebo effects as a result of their various therapies, healing arts practitioners should strive to maximize the positive placebo effects as well as positive specific effects of their therapies. The evaluation of the importance of the placebo effect in determining the results obtained with any given therapy is difficult. In the last twenty years adequate experimental techniques utilizing statistical evaluation have been employed to evaluate the real effectiveness of some types of drug therapy in medicine. However, as of today, the vast majority of medical therapies have not been subjected to such evaluation. The same absence of evaluation exists with optometric therapies. The absence of evaluation does not mean that a therapy should be avoided, but practitioners using the therapy should remain aware of the limits of knowledge.","PeriodicalId":78011,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry","volume":"50 2","pages":"94-103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1973-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/00006324-197302000-00003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"15671187","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}