BVP - Assessment of Binocular Vision Disorders and Accommodation-Vergence Problems - Week 5 Flashcards
What is posture of accommodation?
How accurately the accommodative system focuses relative to where the visual stimulus is located
List two tests that assess posture of accommodation.
MEM retinoscopy
Binocular cross cyl
Is MEM retinoscopy subjective or objective?
Objective
What is the normal value for MEM retinoscopy? What is an abnormal finding (2)?
+0.25 to +0.50
Any minus finding or >+0.75 is abnormal
Is binocular cross cyl subjective or objective?
Subjective
List two disadvantages of binocular cross cyl.
Requires a phoropter
Proximal cues are lost and not a true representative of accommodation
What is the normal value for binocular cross cyl?
+0.50 ±0.50
What is amplitude of accommodation?
How much accommodation capacity the system has
List three tests for the amplitude of accommodation.
NPA
Refractor Head Near Point Rule
Minus lens to blur
What is the most widely used technique for amplitude of accommodation?
NPA
What is the minimum and normal values for NPA?
Minimum - 15 - age/4
Normal - 18 - age/3
Describe the reverse push up method. Does it over- or underestimate accommodation? Explain why.
Use a printed target, have the patient cover one eye, and bring the target close so that its blurry.
Slowly move the card outward until clearly seen and measure. Do this several times.
Will overestimate accommodation due to the magnification effect of bringing it close, improving acuity.
What is a disadvantage of RAF?
Requires the phoropter and proximal cues are lost.
Describe minus lens to blur. What are the expected values compared to the pushup method? Explain why.
Target is placed at 33cm, and minus lenses are added until the target blurs.
Expected values are generally less than with the pushup method by 2D
This is due to no magnification effect and some minification
What is accommodative facility?
How quickly and efficiently accommodation changes.
Can accommodative facility (using flippers) be done monocularly as well as binocularly?
Yesd