Assessing the sensory function of the ocular surface: Implications of use of a non-contact air jet aesthesiometer versus the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 408-413

  Golebiowski, B ^a,b   Papas, E ^a,b   Stapleton, F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochet Bonnet aesthesiometer; Corneal mechanoceptor stimulation; Corneal sensitivity; CRCERT Belmonte aesthesiometer; Ocular surface sensitivity; Sensory function

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COCHET BONNET AESTHESIOMETER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CRCERT BELMONTE AETHESIOMETER; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM;

ADULT; CALIBRATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 79955127211     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.02.016     Document Type: Article

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