The peripheral and Central Humphrey visual field - morphological changes during aging

作者：Rutkowski Paul; May Christian Albrecht^*

来源：BMC Ophthalmology, 2017, 17(1): 127.

DOI：10.1186/s12886-017-0522-3

• Central visual field
• Peripheral visual field
• Healthy
• Aging

Background: To define age-related changes in the visual field by comparing 'standard' central and unique peripheral visual field measurements in healthy volunteers.
Methods: In a single center, retrospective, Cross-sectional, observational study, 20 volunteers with no retinal diseases or risk factors, ranging in age between 30 and 94 years (four age groups: 30' s, 50' s, 70' s, 90' s) were measured in one eye (preferentially the right one) using a Humphrey visual field 24-2 and 60-4.
Results: While the central visual field remained relatively well preserved during aging showing only a mild reduction in sensitivity, a profound loss of the peripheral visual field was observed beginning in the fifth decade of life and decreasing continuously up to the 90ies.
Conclusions: The peripheral visual field declined substantially from the 4th decade onward while the central visual field remained quite stable.

• 出版日期2017-7-17