Eye exercises influence on myopia manifestation

Abstract

Introduction. Worldwide, more than 150 million people are estimated to be visually impaired because of uncorrected refractive error, of which 8 million are functionally blind. Myopia is a complex disease, and genetic variations can increase the susceptibility to environmental factors and cause an early onset and / or aggressive progression. Myopia (or neatsightedness) occurs when distant objects focus anteriorly to the retina. The aim of our study was to determine the eye exercises influence the occurrence of myopia, for children who came to LUHS KK Children's outpatient department. Materials and methods. We examined 31 children (62 eyes), who came to LUHS KK Children's outpatient department. All children were assigned for eyes exercises for 10 days. The age of children was between 10 and 18 years old. Subject exclusion criteria - patients with other refractive errors and patients with other eye disorders. Visual acuity with and without correction, refractive error, accommodation and convergence reserves, relative positive and negative accomodation before and after eye exercises were examined. Results. A total of 31 children (62 eyes) were examined; 15 were girls and 16 were boys,. Visual acuity before eye exercises was 0,34±0.37, after exercises was 0.38±0.04. Accommodation reserves before eye exercises was 6.97±0.36D, after exercises was 12.79±0.39D. [...].