Journal Reviews

Smartphone use and its effects on eyes

5 June 2020 | | Cornea / External Eye Disease | Smartphone, accommodation, binocular vision, blink, digital device, ocular surface, ocular symptoms, tear function

Longitudinal pilot study on 12 young healthy adults comparing effects of smartphone use over a 60-minute period. Reading conditions and smartphone use was standardised for all participants. Ocular symptoms, tear function and binocular vision were assessed before and after each...

Iranian prevalence of convergence / accommodative disorders

1 June 2016 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | Accommodation, binocular vision, convergence, facility, symptoms

The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of accommodative and convergence disorders in an optometric clinical population and ascertain tests with the highest sensitivity and specificity in detecting these anomalies. The authors gathered information on symptoms, near...