accurate measurement of refractive error in uncooperative patients and young children, requires cycloplegia. the aim of the present study was to determine whethere cyclopentolate by itself or in combination with 4 times instillation of atropine can be used as a substitute for 10 times instillation of atropine. from 1994 to 1996, 39 patients aged 2-12 years were included in this study. cyclopleg...

PURPOSE The SVOne is a portable, Hartmann-Shack wavefront aberrometer, which can be attached to a smartphone to determine the refractive error of the eye objectively. Previous results have shown the device to provide measurements equivalent to those of standard clinical techniques in young, healthy adults. The aim of the present study was to compare the findings of the SVOne with retinoscopy, s...

PURPOSE To determine the effect of the cyclopentolate 1% on the cylindrical and spherical components of the refraction. METHODS Three hundred seventy-five eyes of 195 subjects, including 74 males and 121 females, aged from 3 to 59 years were refracted before and 30 min after cyclopentolate 1% eye drop instillation. To compare cylindrical data, power vector analysis (J0 and J45 cross cylinder)...

AIMS High hyperopia constitutes the majority of refractive errors in large scale visual screening at preschool ages. The authors aimed to assess the validity of the Retinomax hand held refractor to detect high hyperopia in a refractive screening performed without cycloplegia and carried out on children aged 9-36 months. They considered +1.5 D of manifest hyperopia to be the threshold value and ...