Could Modifying the Bagolini Glasses Improve the Reliability of Responses?
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2019 Aims: Bagolini striated lenses are a useful test of binocular vision, but the variations in the striations (frequency and thickness) can impact on the perceived image. Also, responses can be difficult to interpret in young children.
Anna O'Connor, Laurence Tidbury
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The redevelopment of the Kay picture test of visual acuity
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2015 Aims: To validate the design of updated optotypes to be used in the Kay picture acuity tests to improve the resolution acuity, recognition, repeatability and comparisons with gold standard logMAR acuity assessments.
Ashli Milling +4 more
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A Journey towards Improved Quality of Life of a Typist with Retinitis Pigmintosa
Annals of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and Karachi Medical & Dental College, 2022 : Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a group of inherited rod-cone degenerative pathologies that present clinically with similar signs and symptoms. Common fundus findings include bone-spicule pigment formation, attenuated blood vessels in the posterior pole ...
Malab Sana Balouch +2 more
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A randomised controlled trial to compare the clinical and cost-effectiveness of prism glasses, visual search training and standard care in patients with hemianopia following stroke: a protocol [PDF]
, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Homonymous hemianopia is a common and disabling visual problem after stroke. Currently, prism glasses and visual scanning training are proposed to improve it.
Barrett +26 more
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The use of prisms and botulinum toxin in the detection of binocular vision: a literature review
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2012 Aim: The aim of this literature review is to compare orthoptic prisms and botulinum toxin in the diagnostic testing of strabismus patients. A direct comparison will be carried out between both methods used for predicting post-operative diplopia and ...
Kerry Hanna, Fiona J. Rowe
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Blur point versus indistinguishable point in assessment of accommodation: objective and subjective findings in early presbyopes [PDF]
, 2003 Aim: To measure the distance from the eye and the refraction of the eye at the point at which print blurs and the point at which it becomes unreadable. Methods: Subjective accommodation in 7 early presbyopic subjects (mean age 45 years), with no
Firth, A.Y., Goodall, E.
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Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.Abstract The global demand for intravitreal anti‐vascular endothelial growth factor (anti‐VEGF) therapy continues to rise, straining ophthalmic capacity worldwide. Task shifting from physicians to trained non‐physician healthcare professionals has emerged as a potential strategy to expand service delivery.
Trang Truong Laursen +4 more
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Risk Factors for Acute Acquired Comitant Esotropia in Children and Young Adults: A Systematic Review
British and Irish Orthoptic JournalBackground: Acute acquired comitant esotropia (AACE) is a rare subtype of esotropia that occurs after infancy. The exact pathogenesis of AACE remains unknown with aetiologies ranging from benign conditions to serious underlying neurological diseases ...
Manjushri Yuan Rou Lee +1 more
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The effect of Fresnel prisms on dynamic visual acuity
British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2010 Aim: To investigate the effect of Fresnel prisms on dynamic visual acuity (DVA). Methods: Sixteen participants with normal visual acuity aged between 18 and 22 years were tested monocularly with four strengths of base-out Fresnel prisms (0Δ, 5 Δ, 15 Δ,
Gail Maconachie +2 more
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, 2003 The British Orthoptic Society published the first British Orthoptic Journal in 1939, the second appeared in 1944 then, with the exception of 1946, annually.
Firth, A.Y.
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