Publications by authors named "Elke Altpeter"
Reply to Letter to the Editor by Radner W, Maaijwee K, de Smet MD, Benesch T, Ettl A: Different Use of Radner Reading Charts and No Methodological Bias Influencing the Results.
Ophthalmic Res
April 2022
Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare reading speeds (RS) of either paragraphs of text or single sentences in patients with maculopathy by investigating the repeatability of RS to decide which text type to use in studies on patients with maculopathy.
Methods: RS was measured for standardized texts in 25 participants with a central scotoma due to maculopathy (mean age 77.8 years ± 9.
Measurement of reading speed with standardized texts: a comparison of single sentences and paragraphs.
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
August 2015
Purpose: We examined the influence of text length (single sentence versus a paragraph of several sentences) on the repeatability of reading speed measurements in normal-sighted subjects.
Methods: We compared reading speeds for the German versions of the Radner charts (single sentences of 14 words each) and the International Reading Speed Texts (IReST) charts (paragraphs, on average 132 words) in 30 normal-sighted elderly subjects aged 51-81 years (mean 64.5 years ± 7.
Background: Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is characterized by progressive loss of central vision leading to impaired reading ability. The aim of this study was to evaluate sensory adaptation and reading ability in LHON patients.
Methods: This prospective pilot study included 12 male patients with a clinical diagnosis and a positive genetic analysis of LHON, who matched the inclusion criteria of a central scotoma on visual field testing and the use of magnifying aids to read.
Background: To present a modified surgical technique in the treatment of retinal detachment secondary to advanced Coats' disease in children, and report on long-term anatomical and functional outcome.
Methods: We analysed an interventional case series of 13 patients (13 eyes) with advanced Coats' disease characterised by retinal detachment in addition to massive subretinal exudates and vascular malformation. The presented patients underwent pars plana vitrectomy (PPV), including a modified technique of exocryotherapy applied after fluid-air exchange in order to achieve complete treatment of the vascular changes, to reduce associated side-effects, and to avoid retinectomy and silicone oil tamponade.
Purpose: To evaluate the sulcus anatomy and possible correlations between sulcus diameter and white-to-white (WTW) diameter in pseudophakic eyes, data that may be important in the stability of add-on intraocular lenses (IOLs).
Setting: University Eye Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany.
Design: Case series.
Purpose: To report on the occurrence of tubulointerstitial nephritis and uveitis (TINU) and HLA typing in two siblings.
Design: Retrospective case study.
Methods: HLA typing from two siblings with TINU syndrome and their parents was performed on DNA from peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC).
Background: To report the outcome of best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), near visual acuity (NVA), contrast sensitivity (CS) and vision-related quality of life (VRQOL) in patients 2 years after undergoing photodynamic therapy (PDT) or full macular translocation (FMT) for the treatment of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Methods: Fifty patients with predominantly classic subfoveal choroidal neovascularisation (CNV) secondary to AMD were randomized to PDT or FMT. BCVA was determined according a standardized protocol with ETDRS charts.
Purpose: Visual attention, normally focused on the center of the visual field, can be shifted to a location in the periphery. This process facilitates the recognition of objects in the attended region. The present experiment was designed to investigate the time course of sustained attention that is known to augment stimulus perception in normal subjects.
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