{"title":"Dynamics of human voluntary accommodation.","authors":"K J Ciuffreda, P B Kruger","doi":"10.1097/00006324-198805000-00010","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Voluntary and reflex accommodation were measured monocularly in five normal subjects using a dynamic infrared optometer. Comparison of the peak velocity/amplitude relation (i.e., \"main sequence\") showed complete overlapping of the response distributions, suggesting similarity of motoneuronal controller signals for voluntary and reflex accommodation. Voluntary accommodation may represent a preprogrammed maneuver used in a variety of real-life predictable situations to optimize performance. Clinically, it may represent an important component in the training of accommodation dynamics.</p>","PeriodicalId":7700,"journal":{"name":"American journal of optometry and physiological optics","volume":"65 5","pages":"365-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1097/00006324-198805000-00010","citationCount":"47","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American journal of optometry and physiological optics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/00006324-198805000-00010","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Voluntary and reflex accommodation were measured monocularly in five normal subjects using a dynamic infrared optometer. Comparison of the peak velocity/amplitude relation (i.e., "main sequence") showed complete overlapping of the response distributions, suggesting similarity of motoneuronal controller signals for voluntary and reflex accommodation. Voluntary accommodation may represent a preprogrammed maneuver used in a variety of real-life predictable situations to optimize performance. Clinically, it may represent an important component in the training of accommodation dynamics.