Journal Reviews

Reliability of kinetic perimetry in children and young adults

1 December 2014 | | Neuro-Ophthalmology | Feasibility, normative peripheral vision, repeatability, semi-automated kinetic perimetry, visual development

This study reports on normative visual field area, feasibility and repeatability of testing for a large sample size of healthy children and young adults, using Octopus semi-automated kinetic perimetry. Sample included 221 healthy volunteers aged 5-22 years. The study was...

Glasses or not?

1 February 2014 | | Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus | visual development, accommodation, vergence, hyperopia, esotropia

In this excellent review article, the authors discuss how some hyperopes avoid strabismus but also ask why the youngest infants escape strabismus and older patients go on to decompensate. The review considers a number of related aspects and their inter-relations...