Abstract
To investigate whether or not peripheral retinal defocus contributes to the refractive development of myopia by influencing the overall accommodative function. The steady-state accommodative stimulus response curve (ASRC) and the near-work induced transient myopia (NITM) after a near visual task were compared between different visual field conditions in emmetropes (EMMs), stable myopes (SMs) and progressing myopes (PMs). Results showed that visual field had no effect on the ASRC and NITM but PMs exhibited greater NITM than EMMs and SMs. The results of this study suggest that peripheral defocus does not influence the overall accommodative system so its probable contribution to myopia development is not via the accommodative system.
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