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Studies of Vision in Cricket—A Narrative Review
Vision, 2023 Vision is thought to play a substantial role in hitting and fielding in cricket. An understanding of which visual skills contribute during cricket play could inform future clinical training trials.
Jennifer Swingle Fogt, Nick Fogt
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Freight-related greenhouse gas emissions in the supply of spectacle and contact lenses
African Vision and Eye Health, 2021 Background: Climate change is a global challenge requiring mitigation from all economic sectors. Although the consequences of climate change are well documented, there are limited studies regarding greenhouse gas emissions generated by the optometric ...
Rayishnee Pillay +2 more
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Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, 2022 Background: An increasing number of optometrists who are nonacademics are pursuing postgraduate studies, despite such qualifications traditionally being more relevant to an academic rather than a clinical setting.
Rekha Hansraj, Nishanee Rampersad
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Kansas Board of Examiners in Optometry Meeting Minutes, 2023
, 2023 This internet resource contains meeting minutes issued throughout several years. The Kansas State Board of Examiners in Optometry was established in 1909. Originally the three members of the Board were appointed by the Governor; in 1923, this changed so
Kansas. State Board of Examiners in Optometry
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African Vision and Eye Health, 2021 Background: A correlation coefficient is a measure of a relationship between any two quantitative and categorical variables. The coefficient describes the degree of relationship between two variables.
Ali M. Alsaqr
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Optometric education in the post-COVID-19 era: A time of forced change!
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021 There is a massive disruption of the global economy and education due to the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This has posed significant challenges and threats to the academic community, especially in health care where the learning and ...
Krishna Kumar Ramani +1 more
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Eye care services and benefits paid by medical schemes in South Africa
African Vision and Eye Health, 2023 Background: Vision impairment (VI) affects people worldwide, and demographic factors like age are significantly linked to VI. Routine eye exams and other eye care treatments can detect and prevent common eye illnesses.
Michael M. Willie
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The effect of viewing distance on subjective refraction assessment [PDF]
Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, 2021 Accurate detection of subjective refraction is important to provide patients with the best visual quality. One of the factors affecting detection of subjective refraction is viewing distance.
Alina Kucika +3 more
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Integrating eye health into policy: Evidence for health systems strengthening in KwaZulu-Natal
African Vision and Eye Health, 2020 Background: Available evidence is that eye health care receives less attention compared to other allied health professions in public health services across South Africa, yet vision impairment is known to have significant social and economic consequences.
Lungile M. Buthelezi, Diane van Staden
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Does a free optometry service address barriers to eye care? An analysis of routinely collected data [PDF]
Journal of Primary Health CareIntroductionThe lack of public funding for optometry services has resulted in a high unmet need for vision aids for many of Aotearoa New Zealand’s population, particularly those living in areas of socio-economic deprivation, older persons, and Māori and ...
Rebecca Pettitt +3 more
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