The relative merit of customised versus prefabricated foot orthoses continues to be the subject of passionate debate among foot health professionals. Although there is currently insufficient evidence to reach definitive conclusions, a growing body of research literature suggests that prefabricated foot orthoses may produce equivalent clinical outcomes to customised foot orthoses for some condit...

AIM To develop a customised, portable, cost-effective (logarithmic minimal angle resolution) LogMAR chart with adjustable illumination for use as a mass vision-screening device in the rural population. MATERIALS AND METHODS Visual acuity of 100 individuals was evaluated with a customised chart and compared with the standard Early Treatment Diabetic Retinopathy Study (ETDRS) chart and Snellen'...

As the new communications era aims to provide mobile users with advanced and customised services, it becomes apparent that the requirement for intelligent charging and customised billing of service access emerges bravely. In that scope, the enrichment of mobile services with attributes related to user profiles, context, location, presence and other elements providing customization, affects also...

INTRODUCTION The objective of the study is to compare the efficacy of fl at insoles, bone spur pads, pre-fabricated orthotics and customised orthotics in reducing plantar contact pressure of subjects with plantar fasciitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a controlled non-blinded comparative study conducted in a tertiary medical institute. Thirty subjects with unilateral plantar fasciitis betwe...

Background – We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness, safety, and patient satisfaction of laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK) for myopia in patients with thin cornea. Methods – Seventy-one eyes of 56 patients with myopia of –1.50 to –8.75 diopters (D) and corneal thickness of 451 – 499 microns were enrolled in this prospective clinical study. Slit-lamp examination, manifest refraction, uncor...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether procedure room environmental conditions are associated with outcomes after myopic laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK) or laser-assisted keratomileusis (LASEK). DESIGN Retrospective chart review. PARTICIPANTS Eight hundred sixty-three eyes of 458 consecutive patients at a university-based academic practice. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of consecut...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of using 20% alcohol on corneal epithelial tight junctions during laser epithelial keratomileusis (LASEK). Sixty Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into two equal groups. The central area of the rat corneas in one group were demarcated with a 3-mm trephine, treated with 20% alcohol for 45 sec and washed with sterile balanced salt solution...