Results with Posterior Scleral Reinforcement for Progressive Highly Myopic Children in Hungary.

Purpose: We have been performing posterior scleral reinforcement in our ophthalmological department since 1992 on progressive highly myopic eyes. Here, we report on our results with this technique in the foregoing 7 years in a retrospective comparative design.

Methods: Thirty-eight eyes of 32 patients, operated according to Snyder-Thompson's method, were enrolled in this study, and a control group of 9 age- and myopia-matched children's 14 eyes was built for comparison.

Experimental investigations on hypokinesis of skeletal muscles with different functions. I. Changes in muscle weight, protein and contractile properties.

In New Zealand white rabbits the right hind limb was immobilized in full extension with a plaster cast. The free left hind limb served as control. The masses of both the tetanic m.