Role of the Lens Capsule on the Mechanical Accommodative Response in a Lens Stretcher
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science2008Vol. 49(10), pp. 4490–4490
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Noël Ziebarth, David Borja, Esdras Arrieta, M. Aly, Fabrice Manns, Isabelle Dortonne, Derek Nankivil, Rakhi Jain, Jean-Marie Parel
Abstract
The mechanical properties of the empty lens capsule assessed ex vivo in a lens stretcher remain constant with age, suggesting that the changes in elasticity of the lens capsule do not play a significant role in presbyopia. In young eyes, the lens capsule determines the force necessary to stretch the whole lens. The age-related increase in force needed to stretch the lens is due to changes in the lens contents.
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