Palpation by blind examiners: A novel approach for glaucoma screening

Fatemeh Heidary, Reza Gharebaghi, Roghayeh HeidaryMiddle East Cancer Institute, Tehran, IranAbstract: Although there are several risk factors for glaucoma, elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) remains the major risk factor. Palpation is one of the oldest, simplest, and least expensive methods for app...

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Autores principales:	Fatemeh Heidary, Reza Gharebaghi, Roghayeh Heidary
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Publicado:	Dove Medical Press 2010
Materias:	Ophthalmology RE1-994
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:e73fe8b6f4aa4d80a1d218ace15572582021-12-02T01:30:08ZPalpation by blind examiners: A novel approach for glaucoma screening1177-54671177-5483https://doaj.org/article/e73fe8b6f4aa4d80a1d218ace15572582010-07-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.dovepress.com/palpation-by-blind-examiners-a-novel-approach-for-glaucoma-screening-a4728https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5467https://doaj.org/toc/1177-5483Fatemeh Heidary, Reza Gharebaghi, Roghayeh HeidaryMiddle East Cancer Institute, Tehran, IranAbstract: Although there are several risk factors for glaucoma, elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) remains the major risk factor. Palpation is one of the oldest, simplest, and least expensive methods for approximate IOP assessment. Researchers believe that blind individuals may possess a more acutely developed sense of touch, which has already proved to be beneficial in clinical breast examination to detect early breast cancer. Based on successful findings of a project that used blind and visually impaired individuals as breast examiners, we hypothesize that blind individuals may also serve as successful examiners for estimation of IOP using tactile palpation.Keywords: tactile palpation, visual impairment, blindness, intraocular pressure Fatemeh HeidaryReza GharebaghiRoghayeh HeidaryDove Medical PressarticleOphthalmologyRE1-994ENClinical Ophthalmology, Vol 2010, Iss default, Pp 671-672 (2010)
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description	Fatemeh Heidary, Reza Gharebaghi, Roghayeh HeidaryMiddle East Cancer Institute, Tehran, IranAbstract: Although there are several risk factors for glaucoma, elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) remains the major risk factor. Palpation is one of the oldest, simplest, and least expensive methods for approximate IOP assessment. Researchers believe that blind individuals may possess a more acutely developed sense of touch, which has already proved to be beneficial in clinical breast examination to detect early breast cancer. Based on successful findings of a project that used blind and visually impaired individuals as breast examiners, we hypothesize that blind individuals may also serve as successful examiners for estimation of IOP using tactile palpation.Keywords: tactile palpation, visual impairment, blindness, intraocular pressure
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title	Palpation by blind examiners: A novel approach for glaucoma screening
title_short	Palpation by blind examiners: A novel approach for glaucoma screening
title_full	Palpation by blind examiners: A novel approach for glaucoma screening
title_fullStr	Palpation by blind examiners: A novel approach for glaucoma screening
title_full_unstemmed	Palpation by blind examiners: A novel approach for glaucoma screening
title_sort	palpation by blind examiners: a novel approach for glaucoma screening
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Palpation by blind examiners: A novel approach for glaucoma screening

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