Diurnal pattern of intraocular pressure is affected by microgravity when measured in space with the pressure phosphene tonometer (PPT)

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 488-491

  Chung, Ki Young ^a,b   Woo, Se Joon ^c   Yi, Soyeon ^d   Choi, Gi Hyuk ^d   Ahn, Chang Ho ^b   Hur, Gang Chul ^b   Lim, Jung Gu ^b   Kim, Tae Woo ^c  

^a AFMC   (South Korea)

^b Republic of Korea Air Force   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

diurnal variation; gravity; intraocular pressure (IOP); microgravity; pressure phosphene tonometer; selftonometer; spaceflight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY FLUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COSMONAUT; EYE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KOREA; MICROGRAVITY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE PHOSPHENE TONOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; TONOMETER; TONOMETRY; VISION;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PHOSPHENES; SPACE FLIGHT; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 80053622843     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: 1536481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181f464d2     Document Type: Article

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