Optometry - Methods
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Providing patients a complete range of vision correction options.

30 Jul 2009 Patients today can benefit from an unprecedented array of vision correction options including: eyeglasses, contact lenses, refractive surgery, corneal shaping, and corrective intraocular lenses.However, to ensure patients receive the best possible ... Read more...

Comparison of subjective grading of limbal redness by eyecare practitioners in three countries.

29 Jun 2009 OBJECTIVES: To compare grading of a biomicroscopy sign between eye care practitioners in three countries of widely different geographies-the United States, Australia, and Germany-and to test the accuracy of grading the sign within each country. ... Read more...

Visual discomfort and objective measures of static accommodation.

29 Jun 2009 PURPOSE: Accommodation insufficiency and fatigue have been associated with near work visual discomfort symptoms, but clinical measures of accommodation amplitude suggest insufficiency is uncommon and often not weak enough to cause symptoms. However, ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Optometry - Methods'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Providing patients a complete range of vision correction options. 30 Jul 2009
• Comparison of subjective grading of limbal redness by eyecare practitioners in three countries. 29 Jun 2009
• Optometric storytelling. 29 Jun 2009
• Visual discomfort and objective measures of static accommodation. 29 Jun 2009
• Rivers and mountains may change, human nature does not! (traditional Chinese saying). 25 Jun 2009
• The use of fluorescein in contact lens aftercare. 21 Jun 2009
• Photorefraction of eyes: history and future prospects. 30 May 2009
• What do we mean by "leadership"? 29 Apr 2009
• A review of peripheral refraction techniques. 29 Apr 2009
• Wavefront aberrations and their clinical application. 29 Apr 2009
• Data quality and clinical decision-making: do we trust machines blindly? 29 Apr 2009
• Comparison of two artificial tear formulations using aberrometry. 29 Apr 2009
• Measuring ocular aberrations and image quality in peripheral vision with a clinical wavefront aberrometer. 29 Apr 2009
• The cost of independence. 29 Apr 2009
• The effect of soft contact lens wear and time from blink on wavefront aberration measurement variation. 30 Mar 2009
• Refractive errors and amblyopia in children entering school: Shahrood, Iran. 30 Mar 2009
• Prevalence of habitual refractive errors and anisometropia among Dutch schoolchildren and hospital employees. 25 Mar 2009
• Describing ocular aberrations with wavefront vergence maps. 17 Mar 2009
• The difference between belief and reality for Viktorin's method of inter-pupillary distance measurement. 27 Feb 2009
• Migraine headaches: diagnosis and management. 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Optometry'

Definition: The professional practice of primary eye and vision care that includes the measurement of visual refractive power and the correction of visual defects with lenses or glasses.

Descriptor UI: D009907

Alternative terms: Optometry; Optometries;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H02.553;

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif