The effects of high-Dk rigid contact lens center thickness, material permeability, and blinking on the oxygen uptake of the human cornea

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 459-466

  Gardner, Hope Patterson ^a   Fink, Barbara A ^a   Mitchell, Lynn G ^a   Hill, Richard M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Center thickness; Contact lens; Oxygen; Permeability; Tear exchange; Transmissibility

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OXYGEN; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

CORNEA; DYNAMIC WEAR; HYPOXIC STRESS; STATIC WEAR;

CONTACT LENSES;

BIOMATERIAL; OXYGEN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA OXYGENATION; FEMALE; GAS PERMEABILITY; HARD CONTACT LENS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LACRIMAL FLUID; LENS CENTER THICKNESS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN PERMEABILITY; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; THICKNESS; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; BLINKING; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERMEABILITY; POLAROGRAPHY; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 21344471649     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000168562.64251.66     Document Type: Article

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