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PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of simulated repetitive eye rubbing on the corneal biomechanics of porcine eyes using an ex vivo model system. METHODS: The average rubbing force that patients with keratoconus apply to their eyelids was previously determined. Fresh porcine eyes with eyelids were either exposed to 10,500 rub cycles from a custom-built eye rubbing machine that rubbed with a similar force to knuckle human eye rubbing (n = 33) or no rubbing at all (control; n = 37). A total of 10,500 rubs are equivalent to 1 year of rubbing six times daily, five movements per rub. The corneal biomechanical properties of these eyes were then tested by measuring the elastic modulus of 5-mm strips. RESULTS: The elastic modulus at the range of 1% and 5% of strain was 1.219 ± 0.284 and 1.218 ± 0.304 N/mm 2 in the eye rubbing group and the no-rub control group, respectively. Corneal stiffness was similar in both groups ( P = .984). CONCLUSIONS: The threshold to induce biomechanical changes (purely by eye rubbing) must be higher than 10,500 rubbing movements, suggesting that occasional eye rubbing may not affect corneal biomechanics in normal eyes, and likely only triggers keratoconus progression in predisposed corneas. Further in vivo studies assessing the impact eye rubbing has on inflammatory activity and the biomechanical properties of weakened corneas is warranted. [ J Refract Surg . 2022;38(9):610–616.]
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of simulated repetitive eye rubbing on the corneal biomechanics of porcine eyes using an ex vivo model system. METHODS: The average rubbing force that patients with keratoconus apply to their eyelids was previously determined. Fresh porcine eyes with eyelids were either exposed to 10,500 rub cycles from a custom-built eye rubbing machine that rubbed with a similar force to knuckle human eye rubbing (n = 33) or no rubbing at all (control; n = 37). A total of 10,500 rubs are equivalent to 1 year of rubbing six times daily, five movements per rub. The corneal biomechanical properties of these eyes were then tested by measuring the elastic modulus of 5-mm strips. RESULTS: The elastic modulus at the range of 1% and 5% of strain was 1.219 ± 0.284 and 1.218 ± 0.304 N/mm 2 in the eye rubbing group and the no-rub control group, respectively. Corneal stiffness was similar in both groups ( P = .984). CONCLUSIONS: The threshold to induce biomechanical changes (purely by eye rubbing) must be higher than 10,500 rubbing movements, suggesting that occasional eye rubbing may not affect corneal biomechanics in normal eyes, and likely only triggers keratoconus progression in predisposed corneas. Further in vivo studies assessing the impact eye rubbing has on inflammatory activity and the biomechanical properties of weakened corneas is warranted. [ J Refract Surg . 2022;38(9):610–616.]
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