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Some Common and Less Common Aspects of Orthoptics [PDF]

open access: yes, 1972
Orthoptics (derived from the Greek word orthos --straight and ops --vision) has been in use for centuries at various stages of sophistication and has been applied to the treatment of visual anomalies not amenable to other medical approaches.
Porter, Elizabeth E.
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Do Socioeconomic Inequalities Exist Within Ophthalmology and Orthoptics in the UK?: A Scoping Review

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal
Introduction: It is well documented that socioeconomic disadvantage adversely affects general health and ocular health worldwide. Within orthoptics, while clinicians recognise a relationship between socioeconomic situation and treatment outcome, no ...
Laura England, Anna O’Connor
doaj   +1 more source

A comparison of the conventional and modified push-up methods of measuring the near point of accommodation

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2016
Aim: To compare the subjective near point of accommodation measurement with the RAF rule using the conventional (clear to blur) and modified (blur to clear) push-up methods.
Hareerm Esmail, Gemma Arblaster
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting the long-term use of overlays in children: the Pattern Glare Test

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2015
'Aim: 'To determine whether the Institute of Optome- try Pattern Glare Test (PGT) could be used as a sensitive tool to predict the continued use of coloured overlays for reading in schoolchildren aged 7 to 12 years and to compare its sensitivity with ...
Jennifer Short, Alison Firth
doaj   +1 more source

Enhancement of quality of life in progressive supranuclear palsy: a review of clinical practice elements

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2010
Aim: In the absence of a disease-modifying therapy, the aim of this review is to investigate how, and to what extent, progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) affects patient quality of life (QoL) and thus establish a QoL-based approach to clinical practice.
Lianne Pickett, Fiona J. Rowe
doaj   +1 more source

Facilitation of vertical vergence by horizontal saccades, found in a patient with dissociated vertical deviation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
The authors examined vertical vergence in a Is-year-old girl with dissociated vertical deviation, a 60 convergent strabismus, no binocular vision, latent nystagmus, and a minimal left amblyopia.
Dijk, L.J. (Laurens) van   +1 more
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Herramienta software para el aprendizaje de la generación de la cardiode en un entorno AutoCAD [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This article presents a novel application which has been developed in Visual LISP for an AutoCAD environment, and which shows intuitively and quickly the generation of the Cardioid curve in five different ways (conchoid of a circumference, pedal curve of
Carranza Cañadas, María del Pilar   +2 more
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A longitudinal assessment of retinal function and structure in the APP/PS1 transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease

open access: yesTranslational Neurodegeneration, 2019
Background A great body of evidence suggests that there are retinal functional and structural changes that occur in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, whether such changes are primary or secondary remains to be elucidated.
Dana Georgevsky   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barnes Hospital Bulletin [PDF]

open access: yes, 1967
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/bjc_barnes_bulletin/1014/thumbnail ...

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The importance of contrast sensitivity testing in children

open access: yesBritish and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 2014
Aim:  To discuss the information contrast sensitivity (CS) testing can provide over visual acuity testing, and review the literature relating to CS deficits in children to determine whether there is an optimum test available.
Ashli F. Milling   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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