Age- and Race-Related Differences in Human Scleral Material Properties
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science2014Vol. 55(12), pp. 8163–8172
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Rafael Grytz, Massimo A. Fazio, Vincent Libertiaux, Luigi Bruno, Stuart K. Gardiner, Christopher A. Girkin, J. Crawford Downs
Abstract
The age- and race-related differences in scleral material properties result in a loss of scleral compliance due to a higher shear stiffness and a lower level of stretch at which the collagen fibrils uncrimp. The loss of compliance should lead to larger high frequency IOP fluctuations and changes in the optic nerve head (ONH) biomechanical response in the elderly and in persons of African ancestry, and may contribute to the higher susceptibility to glaucoma in these at-risk populations.
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