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Low vision in school-age children in Menoufia Governorate

Journal of the Egyptian Ophthalmological Society
Purpose To assess the causes and management of low vision in school-age children in Menoufia Governorate. Patients and methods This prospective study was made among 140 children with vision impairment aged from 6 to 18 years who came to the low-vision ...
Esraa S El Ghoubashy, Mohamed N Gad, Faried M Wagdy, Marwa A Zaki   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Rehabilitation of the visually impaired: opinions and expectations regarding individual limitations and the "Waiting-Group"

Ocupación Humana, 2001
This study searches out limitations and expectations of visually impaired customers attended to in a university service (CEPRE) in Campinas, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 1994 to 1997, in order to get subsidies for improving the quality of the ...
Rita de Cassia letto Montilha, Maria Inés Rubo de Souza Nobre, José Newton Kara, Edméa Rita Temporini   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low Vision Rehabilitation in the Glaucomas

International Journal of Ophthalmology & Eye Science, 2015
As seen elsewhere in this edition, the medical and surgical treatment of the glaucomas has advanced remarkably over recent years with enhanced diagnostic tools, greater variety of drug options and refined surgical procedures. Low vision rehabilitation has also seen advances with technology of adaptive devices, accessibility features on personal ...
McAllister B, Rebecca Kammer
openaire   +1 more source

Design and Modeling of a High‐Displacement, Skin‐Integrated Flexible Electromagnetic Actuator for Haptic Interfaces in Virtual Reality

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A flexible, skin‐integrated electromagnetic actuator is developed for wearable virtual/augmented reality (VR/AR) haptic systems. A tunable design model enables control over displacement and resonance frequency. The system is validated through a custom VR application with a 6 × 4 actuator array, demonstrating real‐time, spatially targeted tactile ...
Naji Tarabay, Alexandra Zhang Jiang, Ziteng Liu, Rachel Villamor, Derek Cha, Ananya Renuka Balakrishna, Tianshu Liu, Priyanshu Agarwal, Rainer Dömer, Camilo Velez   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vision rehabilitation workforce in Italy: a country-level analysis

BMC Health Services Research
Background Research and monitoring of human resources available for vision rehabilitation services has been a neglected area of work in the past. This study aims to offer an overview of the vision rehabilitation workforce available in Italy, in order to ...
Filippo Amore, Valeria Silvestri, Simona Turco, Stefania Fortini, Andrea Giudiceandrea, Filippo Cruciani, Silvio Paolo Mariotti, Debora Antonini, Stanislao Rizzo   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Design of Soft Actuators in Translational Medical Robotics for Human‐Centered Healthcare

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robotics enables biocompatible, compliant medical devices, but clinical translation requires design‐driven engineering beyond materials. This perspective reviews implantable, surgical, and wearable systems by actuation mechanism, highlighting how optimized architectures and integration improve mechanical interfacing, adaptability, and durability ...
Ho Jun Jin, Jimin Kim, Inho Kim, Bong Hoon Kim   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introducing PNEUMA: A Hybrid Soft Pneumatic Fabric Bidirectional Actuation Module for Wearable Robotics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This study presents a soft pneumatic fabric bidirectional actuation module (PNEUMA) capable of generating high torque in both bending directions within a single integrated architecture. PNEUMA achieves up to 50 Nm with reduced inflation volume and a lightweight design.
Odysseas Simatos, Nikolaos Charalampous, Panagiotis Polygerinos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Low vision services: a practical guide for the clinician

Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology, 2018
Low vision has been defined by best-corrected visual acuity worse than 20/40 in the better eye, substantial visual field loss, or substantial loss of contrast sensitivity that cannot be corrected by refraction, medical treatment, or surgery.
Parth Shah, Stephen G. Schwartz, Scott Gartner, Ingrid U. Scott, Harry W. Flynn   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Diabetic retinopathy and visual disabilities among patients in a rehabilitation program

Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy and to evaluate the management of patients with visual disabilities attending at the CEPRE Rehabilitation Program of University of Campinas.
Zelia Zilda Lourenço de Camargo Bittencourt, Rita de Cássia Letto Montilha, Maria Elisabete Rodrigues Freire Gasparetto, Edméa Rita Temporini, Keila Miriam Monteiro de Carvalho   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source