TY - JOUR
T1 - Optokinetic nystagmus as a measure of visual function in severely visually impaired patients
AU - Wester, Sara T.
AU - Rizzo, Joseph F.
AU - Balkwill, M. David
AU - Wall, Conrad
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - PURPOSE. To evaluate the efficacy of using optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) as an objective measurement of vision in severely visually impaired patients, in whom it is difficult to measure visual function reliably. Objective visual acuity (VA) measurements would be useful in the pre- and postoperative assessment of severely visually impaired patients who are potential candidates for visual rehabilitation strategies, such as retinal prostheses, neural and stem cell transplantation, and molecular approaches. METHODS. Full-field visual stimuli were used to evoke horizontal OKN responses in 17 subjects. Eye movements were recorded and analyzed to determine the maximum stimulus velocity (Fmax) at which subjects could maintain an OKN response. This endpoint was compared to logMAR VA and Goldmann visual field (VF) test results. RESULTS. Vmax was dependent on VA, VF, and the spatial frequency (SF) of the stimulus, yielding the equation Vmax = 14.2·log(VA) - 6.20·log(SF) + 0.22·VF + 25.0. The findings suggest that V max in the presence of full-field OKN stimuli may provide an objective measure of VA and peripheral vision. CONCLUSIONS. OKN testing may be useful as an additional, more objective means of assessing visual function in a select group of severely visually impaired patients who are being considered as candidates for new visual rehabilitative strategies.
AB - PURPOSE. To evaluate the efficacy of using optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) as an objective measurement of vision in severely visually impaired patients, in whom it is difficult to measure visual function reliably. Objective visual acuity (VA) measurements would be useful in the pre- and postoperative assessment of severely visually impaired patients who are potential candidates for visual rehabilitation strategies, such as retinal prostheses, neural and stem cell transplantation, and molecular approaches. METHODS. Full-field visual stimuli were used to evoke horizontal OKN responses in 17 subjects. Eye movements were recorded and analyzed to determine the maximum stimulus velocity (Fmax) at which subjects could maintain an OKN response. This endpoint was compared to logMAR VA and Goldmann visual field (VF) test results. RESULTS. Vmax was dependent on VA, VF, and the spatial frequency (SF) of the stimulus, yielding the equation Vmax = 14.2·log(VA) - 6.20·log(SF) + 0.22·VF + 25.0. The findings suggest that V max in the presence of full-field OKN stimuli may provide an objective measure of VA and peripheral vision. CONCLUSIONS. OKN testing may be useful as an additional, more objective means of assessing visual function in a select group of severely visually impaired patients who are being considered as candidates for new visual rehabilitative strategies.
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U2 - 10.1167/iovs.06-1206
DO - 10.1167/iovs.06-1206
M3 - Article
C2 - 17898276
AN - SCOPUS:35748942561
VL - 48
SP - 4542
EP - 4548
JO - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
JF - Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science
SN - 0146-0404
IS - 10
ER -