Effects of silicone hydrogel contact lens wear on ocular surface sensitivity to tactile, pneumatic mechanical, and chemical stimulation

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 6111-6117

  Situ, Ping ^a   Simpson, Trefford L ^b   Jones, Lyndon W ^a   Fonn, Desmond ^a  

^a Centre for Contact Lens Research   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; OCULAR SURFACE SENSITIVITY; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSICAL SENSITIVITY; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICONE HYDROGEL CONTACT LENS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STAINING; SURFACE PROPERTY; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS SOLUTIONS; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEA; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; HYPERESTHESIA; MALE; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; PROSTHESIS FITTING; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SILICONES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955950888     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4807     Document Type: Article

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