Journal article

Intrasession test-retest variability of microperimetry in age-related macular degeneration

Z Wu, LN Ayton, RH Guymer, CD Luu

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science | ASSOC RESEARCH VISION OPHTHALMOLOGY INC | Published : 2013

Abstract

Purpose. To determine the intrasession test-retest variability of microperimetry in participants with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Methods. This study consisted of two separate groups of subjects who had not performed microperimetry previously. In group 1, 30 AMD and 14 control participants performed three microperimetry examinations of a selected eye within one session (test 1 and 2, first pair; test 2 and 3, second pair). Follow-up examination at 6 months was available in 20 AMD participants in group 1, who performed two microperimetry examinations. In group 2, 71 AMD participants performed a short practice examination, then two microperimetry examinations of the right eye (test..

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Grants

Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)


Awarded by NH&MRC Practitioner Fellowship


Awarded by NH&MRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence Award


Funding Acknowledgements

Supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NH&MRC) Project Grant 1027624, NH&MRC Practitioner Fellowship 529905 (RHG), a Macular Disease Foundation Research grant, the Bupa Health Foundation (Australia), a William Angliss (Victoria) Charitable Fund Research grant, and Murray Redvers and Rodney Alastair Brownless Perpetual Charitable Trust funding administered by the Trust Company. The Centre for Eye Research Australia receives operational infrastructure support from the Victorian Government and is supported by NH&MRC Centre for Clinical Research Excellence Award 529923.