Sánchez Herrero, Eulalia (Date of defense: 2022-01-21)
People with peripheral visual field loss perceive limited information about the environment and present severe problems in achieving successful orientation and mobility. In recent years, virtual and ...
Varón, Ma. Consuelo (María Consuelo) (Date of defense: 2016-12-15)
PURPOSE: This thesis presents the results of a prospective, double-blind and randomized clinical trial conducted at the Hospital de Sant Pau i la Santa Creu ofBarcelona.lts main objective was to assess ...
Alterini, Tommaso (Date of defense: 2021-06-25)
Vision loss affects physical, psychological, and emotional wellbeing and social life as well. High life expectancy and health policies are translated into an aging population worldwide, which has higher ...
Pérez Mañá, Lluis (Date of defense: 2019-10-11)
There is a growing need in the western world to know the quality of life (QoL) of patients affected by ocular pathologies that cause visual impairment (VI). In this type of pathologies, objective data ...
Pérez Corral, Juan Enrique (Date of defense: 2021-11-09)
The first papers on the fitting of ortho-k lenses in ametropic individuals, treatment that allows them to enjoy good vision without the need to wear glasses or contact lenses, were published almost 60 ...
Mas Aixalà, Enric (Date of defense: 2019-07-12)
Introduction: The characterization of the corneal surface and the classification of keratoconus into diverse severity stages is a field of research in constant evolution, not only because of technology ...
Ondategui Parra, Juan Carlos (Date of defense: 2016-01-29)
This dissertation deals with the evaluation of ocular optical quality in two types of patients. First, are patients who have undergone different surgical techniques of refractive surgery to correct ...
Otero Molins, Carles (Date of defense: 2018-01-19)
A visual stimulus can be presented in free space or through lens-based systems. Interestingly, it has been reported many times in the past that some subjects have poorer accommodative responses when ...
Alzaben, Zeyad A. (Date of defense: 2018-06-25)
BACKGROUND: Retinal evaluation performed in the optometry clinic allows optometrists to track the prognosis of retinal disease and to assess anatomical and functional changes related to age and pathological ...
Argilés Sans, Marc (Date of defense: 2018-07-09)
Intoduction: There is an agreement in the scientific community, which indicates that excessive exposure to digital displays poses implications at a visual level, being ocular dryness and visual fatigue ...