Do thinner rigid gas permeable contact lenses provide superior initial comfort?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-143

  Cornish, Ruth ^a   Sulaiman, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

comfort; flexibility; lens thickness; rigid gas permeable contact lenses

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; HYDROGELS; PATIENT MONITORING; TISSUE;

COMFORT; LENS THICKNESS; MULTIPLE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; RIGID GAS PERMEABLE CONTACT LENSES; STATIC LENS FITTINGS; SURFACE WETTABILITY;

CONTACT LENSES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; THICKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERMEABILITY; PLIABILITY;

EID: 0030110890     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199603000-00003     Document Type: Article

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