• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.327-331
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• 2011

Purpose: The purpose of this study was an accurate grasp of the astigmatic change due to eyes accommodation on near vision and suggested problems occurring accommodative astigmatism using near glasses. Methods: 154 subjects(308eyes) from 20 to 40 years selected for this study who had many opportunity of near vision. First, far vision corrective refraction measured using the phoropter, and then both eyes opened simultaneously for maintaining the function of binocular put away dot chart 40 cm. One eye was fogging and the other eye measured near vision astigmatism axis and degrees astigmatism using cross cylinder, and then compared with far astigmatism. Results: Increased degree of astigmatism persons on near vision more than decreased or did not changed degree of astigmatism persons, which could affect visual acuity more than 0.75 diopters in 30 eyes with an increase of 9.7% of total subjects. Direct astigmatism and oblique astigmatism were increased on near vision. Astigmatic axes were rotated base in direction on both eyes and 66.9% of subjects were more than ${\pm}$5$^{\circ}$ rotation. Due to the rotation axis of astigmatism, residual astigmatism is expected to occur and expect to adversely affect the eyes. Conclusions: Long-term using the glasses without correction of increased astigmatic and rotated axis on near vision should occur new residual astigmatism and increase the asthenopia also. Considered to be taken astigmatic change on near vision during near refraction examination.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.149-156
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• 2013

Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine a suitable type and size of Hangul fonts for printed materials in the presbyopic age. Methods: Based on the most common Hangul fonts used today, three types of fonts were used Hamchrombatang, Sinmoonmyungjo and Sinmyungjo at small font sizes in the range 9-11 point (pt). Subjects were 101 volunteers aged 41 through 85 years. Near visual acuity (VA) was corrected to read VA 0.5 at 40 cm after distance correction. The subjects were asked to read words containing 88 characters in 10 pt after a question about preference. Readability was assessed by reading rate that was calculated as the number of words read correctly in one minute (words per minute, wpm). Results: The most preferred font type was Simmyungjo at small font sizes. Although preferred font sizes were different in each font type, Sinmyungjo was generally preferred at 10 pt more than other fonts. Hamchrombatang and Sinmyungjo were read significantly faster than Sinmoonmyungjo. There was a weak negative relationship between readability and age in Sinmyungjo. In comparing between the top 10% and the bottom 10% group sorted by reading rate, the top group showed lower average age and addition than the bottom group, however there were no significant differences in reading rate among the fonts. Conclusions: Although increasing age tends to be low in readability for Sinmyungjo, in the light of preferred font and readability, it is recommended to use a 10 pt Sinmyungjo font in printed materials for the presbyopic age.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.59-63
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• 2009

Purpose: To investigate the near horizontal heterophoria of the college students in their twenties on north Kyonggi Province. Methods: The all subjects had not experienced any ocular surgery and have no disease and their mean age is 22.9. As 122 subjects, they are 50 emmetropes and 72 ametropes. The ametropes are all myopia. After distance visual acuity correction with subjective and objective refraction test, evaluated their horizontal heterophoria with red maddox rod. Results: In maddox rod test, the subjects consist of orthophoria 4.9%, esophoria 9.8% and exophoria 85.3%. In the emmetropes orthophoria is 8%, esophoria is also 8% and exophoria is 84%. In the ametropes orthophoria is 2.8%, esophoria is 11.1% and exophoria is 86.1%. The mean size of horizontal heterophoria is esophoria 3.59PD (prism diopter), exophoria 7.04PD and in the emmetropes esophoria is 3.25PD, exophoria is 6.60PD. In the ametropes esophoria is 3.75PD and exophoria is 7.34PD. Conclusions: In the emmetropoes the orthophoria is more than in the ametropes and the esophoria and exophoria is more in the ametropes. But the differences between the heterophoria and emmetropia or ametropia were not significant (p>0.05). The mean size of heterophoria is higher in the ametropes than in the emmetropoes. The distribution range of heterophoria is wider in the male subjects than the female subjects.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.169-175
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• 2003

This research reviewed that 83 male subjects. 89 female subjects of middle and high school visited D Optical shop at the downtown of Daegu more than twice from January, 1999 to January, 2003 and obtained the following results by using the visual acuity prescription of them for which D Optical shop was keeping. 1. The classification of correction power for 190 myopia eyes was examined (87 male eyes, 103 female eyes) showed 89 eyes(46.82%) between $0.25D{\leq}3.00D$, 86 eyes(45.26%) between $3.25D{\leq}6.00D$, 15 eyes(7.89%) for over 6.25D. 2. The kind of 154 astigmatism subjects(79 male eyes, 75 female eyes) was direct astigmatism 83.77%, reverse astigmatism 11.69%, oblique astigmatism 4.55%. The cylindrical correction power for astigmatic eyes was 61 eyes(39.61%) between $0.25D{\leq}0.50D$, 60 eyes(38.96%) between 0.50D<1.00D, 121 eyes(78.57%) for less than 1.06D, 6 eyes(0.65%) for over 3.00D. 3. The variation of spherical power showed 161 eyes(46.80%) between $0.00D{\leq}0.50D$, 109 eyes(31.69%) between $0.51D{\leq}1.00D$, 17 eyes(4.94%) for over 2.01D variation. 4. The variation of astigmatic power showed 92 eyes(59.74%) between $0.00D{\leq}0.50D$, 39 eyes(25.32%) between $0.26D{\leq}0.50D$, 10eyes (6.49%) between $0.51D{\leq}0.75D$, 13 eyes(8.44 %) for over 0.76D astigmatic variation. 5. The variation of equivalent spherical power showed 137 eyes(39.83%) between $0.00D{\leq}0.50D$, 126 eyes(36.63%) between $0.51D{\leq}1.00D$, 40 eyes(11.63%) between $1.01D{\leq}1.50D$, 21 eyes(6.10%) between $1.51D{\leq}2.00D$, 20 eyes(5.81%) for over 2.01D variation.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.229-235
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• 2011

Purpose: The present study was performed to evaluate the safety of ophthalmic lenses in domestic market since eyeglasses wearers could be exposed to the negligent accident by damaged ophthalmic lenses. Method: Totally, 160 ophthalmic lenses (NK55, ${n_{d}}$ = 1.56) with the refractive powers of -3D, -6D, +3D, +6D manufactured by 4 companies in domestic market were evaluated using drop ball test. In accordance with FDA standard, steel ball (~16 g) was freely dropped on these ophthalmic lenses from 127 cm high and the surfaces of lenses were observed. Results: From the study, center thicknesses of NK55 ophthalmic lenses manufactured by 4 different companies showed somewhat different numbers even though the lenses had the same refractive index and powers. All convex lenses of +3D, +6D were evaluated as the safe lenses since there was no damage such as crack and broken found on the lens surfaces after drop ball testing. However, some noticeable broken was shown on the surfaces of concave lenses with relatively thinner center thickness. Especially, 59(73.8%) of total 80 concave lenses with the refractive power of -3D and -6D classified as unacceptable lenses to FDA standard. Conclusions: From the results, the negligent accident by damaged ophthalmic lenses should be considered as well as the correction of visual acuity, design and price when customers purchase eyeglasses. Thus, the enforcement regulation like drop ball testing of uncut ophthalmic lens could be suggested to guarantee the safety of ophthalmic lenses in domestic market.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.71-82
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• 2005

The aim of this study was to provide fundamental data for the factors influencing the asthenopia of emmetropia with phoria and alleviation of asthenopia. A total of 348 subjects, aged between 19 and 30 years old, who had no strabismus, an eye trouble or whole body disease, were examined using corrected visual acuity, corrected diopter, stereopsis and suppression tests from September of 2002 to September of 2004. We excluded 21 subjects for the following reasons: if they had an amblyopia affecting binocular vision or inaccurate data. After these exclusions, 327 subjects remained. We then individually measured the refractive error correction, pupillary distance, optical center distance, phoria, convergence, accommodation and the AC/A as well as the asthenopia during binocular vision using a questionnaire. After analysis of factors affecting asthenopia, we also examined the reductive effect of a prism on the asthenopia in subjects who had asthenopia. To determine the factors affecting asthenopia during binocular vision, statistic analyses were carried out using the Chi-square test and the multivariate Logistic regression model. The results of this study were as follow. For asthenopia during near binocular vision of emmetropia with phoria, in case of the lower the accommodation and convergence, a significantly higher rate of asthenopia was observed (p<0.001). When the AC/A is lower, the higher the rate of asthenopia was observed but not significantly and there was no association between phoria and asthenopia. When the multivariate logistic regression model was used to determine factors affecting binocular vision of emmetropia with phoria, in case of the lower accommodation and convergence, a significantly higher rate of asthenopia was observed. when the phoria is esophoria or higher exophoria, or when the AC/A is lower than normal, the higher the rate of asthenopia was observed but not significantly and there was no association between phoria. AC/A and asthenopia. Therefore accommodation and convergence could be predictive factors for asthenopia during near distance binocular vision. Prism was used among' subjects who had asthenopia during near distance binocular vision, the symptom of asthenopia was eased up to 74.2% in emmetropia with phoria.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.205-213
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• 2005

To evaluate the reliability of binocular vision measurements by phorometry. 90 students volunteered to participate in this study. 25 subjects were males, and 65 were females, they ranged in ages from 21 to 30 years. All subjects had normal ocular and systematic health, and all of them had at least 1.0 visual acuity with their best correction. At negative relative convergence(NRC) measurement in distance, the percentage of subjects is included in expected value(blur point/break point/recovery point) was 78%/61%/67%, divergence excess(DE) was 9%/31%/33%, and divergence insufficience(DI) was 13%/8%/9%, respectively. And positive relative convergence(PRC) measurement, includes expected value was 20%/46%/39%, convergence excess(CE) was 22%/14%/16%, and convergence insufficience(CI) was 35%/40%/45%. AC/A ratios of 42 subjects were normal. 38 were low, and the rest of them high. A low AC/A ratio is usually the result of a small vergence response in relation to accommodation. Negative relative convergence(NRC) at near, includes expected value was 26%/29%/44%, divergence excess(DE) was 61%/33%/24%, and divergence insufficience(DI) was 3%/38%/32%. And PRC at near, includes expected value was 33%/40%/31%, convergence excess(CE) was 61%/23%/42%, and convergence insufficience(CI) was 6%/37%/27%. For the near point of convergence(NPC) test, 58% of their subjects had a break of ${\leq}8cm$ with the accommodative target. In case of NRA(PRA) measurement, the expected value was 41%(33%). Accommodative insufficiency (AI) was 33%(43%), and accommodative excess(AE) was 26%(24%), respectively. AE was related to respectively low values of NRA. AI and CE are associated with high value of NRA, and the dysfunction of convergence excess combined with AE was related to a normal-high values of NRA. PRA in AI was related to a low value, wheres the dysfunction are associated with high values of PRA.

• Journal of Korean Ophthalmic Optics Society
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.431-437
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• 2004

This research reviewed the objects of 384 persons (male:86, female:298) from 6 to 50 years old visited the S. Optical shop at Mokpo over two times from Mar. 2002 to Feb. 2004. We obtained the following results by analyzing the visual acuity prescription to keeping at S. Optical shop. 1. The abnormal refraction eyes were 191 persons(49.74%) for simple myopia, 2 persons(0.52%) for myopic simple astigmatism, 180 persons(46.88%) for myopic compound astigmatism, and 1 person(0.26%) for simple hyperopia, 2 persons(0.52%) for hyperopic simple astigmatism, 8 persons(2.08%) for hyperopic compound astigmatism, respectively. 2. Classifying of correction power for 373 persons (male:84, female:289) myopia, so that showed 166 persons(male:36, female) between $$0.25D{\leq_-}2.00D$$, 194 persons(male:46, female:148) between $$2.25D{\leq_-}6.00D$$, 13 persons(male:2, female:11) for over 6.250 respectively. 3. According to the kinds of 192 persons astigmatism subjects(male:53, female:148), direct astigmatism was 145 persons(male:32, female:113), oblique astigmatism 33 persons (male:12, female:21), reverse astigmatism 14 persons(male:5, female:9). 4. The variation of spherical power for myopia showed 299 persons(male:71, female:228) between $$0.00D{\leq_-}0.50D$$, 64 persons(male:11, female:53) between $$0.51D{\leq_-}1.00D$$, 9 persons(male:2, female:7) between $$1.01D{\leq_-}1.50D$$, 1 person(male:0, female:1) between $$1.51D{\leq_-}2.00D$$ variation respectively. Hyperopia showed 8 persons(male:1, female:7) between $$0.00D{\leq_-}0.50D$$, 3 persons(male:1, female:2) between $$0.51D{\leq_-}1.00D$$ variation respectively. 5. The variation of astigmatism power showed 181 persons(male:48 female:113) between $$0.00D{\leq_-}0.25D$$, 25 persons(male:9, female:16) between $$0.26D{\leq_-}0.50D$$, 6 persons(male:0, female:6) between $$0.51D{\leq_-}0.75D$$ astigmatism variation respectively.