Correlation analysis between visual acuity and sitting postural parameters of young students

The relationship between failing eyesight and the sitting posture of young students while studying was studied quantitatively. Among the 19 students who participated in this study, 9 were classified as emmetropic and 10 were myopic. The mean age was 13.2 +/- 2.2 (mean +/- standard deviation) years....

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Published inNippon Ganka Gakkai zasshi Vol. 101; no. 5; p. 393
Main Authors Marumoto, T, Sotoyama, M, Villanueva, M B, Jonai, H, Yamada, H, Kanai, A, Saito, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageJapanese
Published Japan 01.05.1997
Subjects
Accommodation, Ocular
Adolescent
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Myopia - etiology
Myopia - physiopathology
Posture - physiology
Visual Acuity
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Summary:The relationship between failing eyesight and the sitting posture of young students while studying was studied quantitatively. Among the 19 students who participated in this study, 9 were classified as emmetropic and 10 were myopic. The mean age was 13.2 +/- 2.2 (mean +/- standard deviation) years. Viewing distance, neck angle, viewing angle, vertical gaze direction, and ocular surface area while studying were measured from the lateral and frontal view images of video recordings of the posture. Viewing distance, accommodative power, neck angle, viewing angle, near point, and log transformed visual acuity showed significant differences between these two groups (p < 0.001). Viewing distance of myopes (15.0 +/- 1.9 cm) (mean +/- standard desviation) is shorter than that of emmetropes (30.2 +/- 4.1 cm). Accommodative power of myopes was lower than that of emmetropes. Correlation analysis revealed that the viewing distance of students significantly correlates to neck angle, viewing angle, accommodative power, near point, and visual acuity (p < 0.01). It can be surmised that the failing eyesight of young students results from postural problems such as shortness of viewing distance and increased neck flexion.
ISSN:0029-0203