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.
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Rutkowski, P., & May, C. A. (2017). The peripheral and Central Humphrey visual field - Morphological changes during aging. BMC Ophthalmology, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-017-0522-3
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