(1) The corneal sensibility was examined with the aesthesiometer of Draeger in 41 patients after refractive corneal surgery, 31 patients after radial keratotomy, 5 after epikeratophakia, 5 after excimer laser ablation.
(2) A pressure aesthesiometer, a biothesiometer and electrodiagnostic studies were used for testing.
(3) An aesthesiometer with disposable monofilaments is designed for measuring very small pressures on the corneal surface.
(4) Two-point discrimination (TPD) and depth sense perception (DSP) were measured by means of two aesthesiometers in the fingertips of 65 forestry workers exposed to chain saw vibrations and 46 shoe industry workers exposed to neurotoxic solvents (n-hexane).
(5) Four aesthesiometers measuring fingertip sensation were fabricated, two for depth-sense perception and two for two-point discrimination.
(6) The measurement for either moving or static two-point discrimination, when obtained with the three-prong Aesthesiometer, was consistently less sensitive than with the Disk-Criminator, and the correlation coefficient was the least between these two testing devices.
(7) In those patients with a short history (less than four days) the difference in sensation between the two eyes was only detectable using the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer and not by using cotton wool.
(8) Impairment of sensibility and its recovery after treatment were better demonstrated by a new instrument, the wheel aesthesiometer, than by the moving two-point discrimination test.
(9) To evaluate the usefulness of aesthesiometric threshold testing in the quantitative assessment of peripheral sensorineural disorders occurring in the hand-arm vibration syndrome, two point discrimination (TPD) and depth sense perception (DSP) thresholds were measured by means of two aesthesiometers in the fingertips of 65 forestry workers exposed to chain saw vibration and 91 healthy males unexposed to local vibration or neurotoxic chemicals.
(10) The time course of the degree of anesthesia was determined by prior measurements of oral-tactile sensitivity using an oral air-based aesthesiometer.
(11) We compared the performance of this new instrument to that of the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer in a clinical setting on herpetic patients.
(12) Corneal anesthesia was demonstrated with the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer.
(13) A newly developed aesthesiometer (using a low electric current for stimulation) was employed.
(14) Somatosensory thresholds were measured at the level of the back of the hands and of the back of the feet by means of a modified version of the Weber two-point aesthesiometer.
(15) In order to provide hand therapists and physicians with information regarding instruments for testing two-point discrimination we evaluated 20 noninjured and 18 nerve-injured patients using the three-prong Aesthesiometer, a paper clip, and a Disk-Criminator.
(16) Corneal sensitivity was measured with the Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer in a control group of 42 people and in 82 people who had worn hard contact lenses for various amounts of years.
(17) Corneal sensitivity (CS) was tested in 201 eyes with clear plastic grafts and in 193 eyes with corneal diseases, using the Cochet-Bonnet Aesthesiometer.
(18) Corneal sensitivity was tested in 145 cases of clear corneal transplants using Cochet-Bonnet aesthesiometer.
(19) A new version of an aesthesiometer offers particular advantages such as portability without risk of damage to the filament, easy filament replacement, and an expanded stimulus range.
(20) 36 patients suffering from diabetes mellitus and 45 controls were subjected to blind studies for corneal sensitivity using Cochet & Bonnet's aesthesiometer and of vibratory perception of the left index finger and great toe by biothesiometer.
Esthesiometer
Definition:
(n.) An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.
(n.) Same as Aesthesiometer.
Example Sentences:
(1) An esthesiometer was used to measure the corneal sensitivity in unoperated-on corneas and fellow corneas after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy.
(2) The five devices include the Semmes-Weinstein monofilament (touch); three-point esthesiometer (two-point discrimination); Pfizer thermal tester (temperature); biothesiometer (vibration); and Optacon tactile tester (vibration).
(3) Using the Cochet-Bonnet esthesiometer, we evaluated the corneal sensation of 11 patients with unilateral Adie's tonic pupil.
(4) In a randomized, prospective, parallel double-blind clinical trial with positive and negative placebo control, the corneal sensitivity of 30 subjects with normal eyes was measured using the Cochet & Bonnet esthesiometer prior to and 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, and 30 minutes after topical application of levobunolol 0.5% (Vistagan 0.5% Liquifilm, Pharm-Allergan Vertrieb GmbH, Karlsruhe; 20 eyes).
(5) Degraded tactile spatial resolution, as measured by step and gap detection with an esthesiometer, has been found, on the average, in stages 2 and 3 of the Taylor-Pelmear classification for vibration-induced white finger (VWF).
(6) By means of an electronic optical esthesiometer corneal sensitivity was examined in 91 volunteers of different age groups.
(7) Using the Cochet-Bonnet esthesiometer, a sensation was recorded in the center of the graft no earlier than 18 months.
(8) Oxybuprocain 0.4% causes corneal sensitivity to decrease below the measuring range of Cochet and Bonnet's esthesiometer (200 mg) for about 10 minutes.
(9) Eight different stimuli from the Semmes-Weinstein esthesiometer were used; forces ranged from 68 mg to 3.6 gm.
(10) For the measurements, a Cochet-Bonnet esthesiometer was utilized.
(11) The corneal sensations were measured serially with an esthesiometer.
(12) Proxymetacain 0.5% reduced corneal sensitivity to below the upper limit of the Cochet & Bonnet esthesiometer (200 mg) for up to 10 minutes.
(13) The purpose of our study was to determine, by use of the electronic Draeger esthesiometer in quantitative, reproductive measurements, the corneal sensitivity in 55 patients with medically treated idiopathic trigeminal neuralgia before and after surgical treatment of the trigeminal nerve and root.
(14) Dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials was the most sensitive of these tests, and reflected the duration of the lumbosacral radiculopathy better than the biothesiometer and the Semmes-Weinstein esthesiometer.
(15) This esthesiometer has a 6 cm long, adjustable nylon monofilament, which can be reduced in length by 0.5 cm at a time, the length of the filament determining the pressure exerted onto the corneal surface.
(16) The tongues of 34 infants between 31 and 40 weeks estimated gestational age were stimulated with filament esthesiometers.
(17) These measurements were made with the Draeger electronic-optical esthesiometer; the results were supplemented by an analysis of tumor diameters determined by computer tomography.
(18) The biothesiometer and Semmes-Weinstein esthesiometer reflected the clinical severity of sensory dysfunctions, the extent of numbness, and the immediate change in sensory function better than the dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials.
(19) Thus, a 47-year-old male with Fabry's disease was examined with Cochet-Bonnet's esthesiometer, photokeratometry, ultrasonography, electropupillography, electroretinography, electro-oculography and fluorescein fundus angiography.
(20) A quantitative evaluation of sensory disturbance of the foot was attempted in 94 cases of lumbosacral radiculopathy using the biothesiometer, the Semmes-Weinstein esthesiometer, light touch, tuning fork, and dermatomal somatosensory evoked potentials.