Vision Disorders - Rehabilitation
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Phakic intraocular lens implantation for the correction of myopia: a report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To review the published literature for evaluation of the safety and outcomes of phakic intraocular lens (pIOL) implantation for the correction of myopia and myopic astigmatism. METHODS: Literature searches of the PubMed and Cochrane ... Read more...

Occupational therapy for service members with mild traumatic brain injury.

30 Aug 2009 More occupational therapists are needed to provide client-centered, evidence-based rehabilitation to the large numbers of service members who sustained mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) while deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. The Proponency for ... Read more...

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...

Latest indexed articles for 'Vision Disorders - Rehabilitation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Phakic intraocular lens implantation for the correction of myopia: a report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology. 30 Oct 2009
• Consultation section. Cataract surgical problem. 29 Sep 2009
• Occupational therapy for service members with mild traumatic brain injury. 30 Aug 2009
• Improved lenses keep eyeglasses a viable correction option. 30 Jul 2009
• Providing patients a complete range of vision correction options. 30 Jul 2009
• Visual function in patients followed at a Veterans Affairs polytrauma network site: an electronic medical record review. 30 Jul 2009
• Congress restores the Americans With Disabilities Act to its original intent. 29 Jun 2009
• Objective evaluation of the visual benefit in contact lens fitting after complicated LASIK. 29 Jun 2009
• Visual impairment and dysfunction in combat-injured servicemembers with traumatic brain injury. 29 Jun 2009
• Review and update: current treatment trends for patients with retinitis pigmentosa. 29 Jun 2009
• Visual rehabilitation by scleral fixation of posterior chamber intraocular lenses in Omani children with aphakia. 29 Jun 2009
• Consultation section. Refractive surgical problem. Flap dislocation. 29 Jun 2009
• Combined corneal topography and corneal wavefront data in the treatment of corneal irregularity and refractive error in LASIK or PRK using the Carl Zeiss Meditec MEL 80 and CRS-Master. 30 May 2009
• Cortical visual impairment: new directions. 30 May 2009
• Comparative evaluation of big-bubble deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty and penetrating keratoplasty in a case of macular corneal dystrophy. 30 May 2009
• Personal and social resources and adaptation to chronic vision impairment over time. 29 Apr 2009
• Approaches to rehabilitation for visual field defects following brain lesions. 29 Apr 2009
• Transscleral fixation of a toric intraocular lens to correct aphakic keratoplasty with high astigmatism. 29 Apr 2009
• The cost of independence. 29 Apr 2009
• Visual function and ocular status of children with hearing impairment in Oman: a case series. 29 Apr 2009

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Technical information about 'Vision Disorders'

Definition: Visual impairments limiting one or more of the basic functions of the eye: visual acuity, dark adaptation, color vision, or peripheral vision. These may result from EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISUAL PATHWAY diseases; OCCIPITAL LOBE diseases; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; and other conditions. Visual disability refers to inability of the individual to perform specific visual tasks, such as reading, writing, orientation, or traveling unaided. (From Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p132)

Descriptor UI: D014786

Alternative terms: Vision Disorders; Vision Disorder; Micropsia; Micropsias; Metamorphopsia; Metamorphopsias; Hemeralopia; Hemeralopias; Day Blindness; Blindness, Day; Macropsia; Macropsias;

Related Mesh Headings: Visually Impaired Persons;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.751.941; C11.966; C23.888.592.763.941;

History Note: 1967

Technical Notes: disord of vision, not dis of the eye ( = EYE DISEASES); GEN or unspecified: prefer specifics; /diag: consider also DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL