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Visual Telerehabilitation with Visually Impaired Children: From the Pandemic Emergency to a Stand-Alone Method

open access: yesLife, 2023
In the last two years, orthoptists have counteracted patient drop-out through visual telerehabilitation. Efforts were made to transfer the in-person visual rehabilitation setting to the telematic environment in response to the worldwide crisis. Nowadays,
Giulia Perasso   +7 more
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Students' perception of e-lectures from an undergraduate health sciences programme [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Pedagogical Research, 2020
This research aims to explore undergraduate students’ views on the inclusion of e-lectures within their clinical degree programme, and to identify the optimum usage for this increasingly popular teaching method.
Kerry Louise Hanna   +1 more
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The Provision of Patient Information about Nystagmus

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2018
Aims: The aims of this study were to evaluate the current provision of patient information about nystagmus in orthoptic clinics in the UK and Ireland and to develop a standardised information pack about nystagmus.
Anne Bjerre   +3 more
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Orthoptic Home Visits for Stroke Survivors: Results from a UK Professional Practice Survey

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2019
Aim: Orthoptists are perhaps the only allied health profession without a standard home visits service in the UK, although it could arguably be of benefit to many orthoptic patients.
Kerry Hanna, Fiona Rowe
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Can improving prism fusion range with training also improve stereo-acuity?

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2012
Aim:  We tested whether prism fusion range (PFR) could be improved by training and whether any improvement in PFR also led to improvement in stereo-acuity.
Melanie Watson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Are orthoptic measures robust during exposure to unpleasant environmental noise?

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2012
Aim:  Orthoptic clinics are sometimes noisy and sometimes quiet. This study experimentally tested how this noise might affect some orthoptic measures. The experiment looked for changes in measurements of visual acuity (VA), RAF rule and autorefraction ...
Sophie Vickers   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Comparison of the Incidence and Type of Ocular Motility Defects in Patients Presenting to Birmingham Midland Eye Centre Emergency Department during 2019 and 2020 to Assess the Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2022
Aim: This audit aimed to investigate whether COVID-19 had any impact on the incidence and type of ocular motility defects in patients presenting to Birmingham Midland Eye Centre (BMEC) Emergency Department (ED) during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 ...
Jessica Edwards   +2 more
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Experience can increase prism fusion range

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2012
Aim:  Differences in near prism fusion ranges (PFR) were assessed in 4 groups of participants who differed in experience of exposure to such testing. The effect of encouragement in the two least experienced groups was also tested. Methods:  The near base
Waheed Zaman   +2 more
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A comparative review of methods to record ocular rotations

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2009
Aim: To review the methods reported for recording ocular rotations. Methods: A literature-based review from 1899 to 2008 was carried out to enable a comparative discussion on the methods available to record ocular rotations.
Sahira Hanif   +2 more
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Conservative and Surgical Management of Unilateral and Bilateral Internuclear Ophthalmoplegia (INO)—A Retrospective Analysis

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2022
Aim: To report the outcomes of the natural progression and ophthalmic treatment of patients reviewed in a tertiary hospital trust with unilateral or bilateral internuclear ophthalmoplegia.
Joshua Simmons, Martin Rhodes
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