Intraocular pressure measurements in relation to head position and through soft contact lenses: Comparison of three portable instruments

Ophthalmic Surgery Lasers and Imaging

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 64-71

  Klein, Ainat ^a   Shemesh, Gabi ^a   Loewenstein, Anat ^a   Kurtz, Shimon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SITTING; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TONOMETER; VISION; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAD; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; HEAD; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954435858     PISSN: 15428877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/15428877-20110120-01     Document Type: Article

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