We present the results of a double-blind trial comparing the efficacy of a single dose combination of guanethidine 3% and adrenaline 0.5% with that of adrenaline 1% alone in reducing the intraocular pressure of eyes suffering from chronic open-angle glaucoma. The mean fall in ocular tension with the combined therapy was 10.67 mmHg, and with adrenaline 1% 6.31 mmHg, 24 hours after the commenceme...

[Purpose] To determine the effects of lumbar stabilization exercise with thoracic extension exercise on chronic low back pain patients. [Subjects and Methods] Thirty patients with chronic low back pain were randomly divided into a lumbar stabilization exercise group (group A) and a lumbar stabilization exercise with thoracic extension exercise group (group B). Group B did 15 min of lumbar stabi...

OBJECTIVE To make a comparative analysis on three femoropatellar radiographic parameters, between knees with chronic failure of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and normal knees. METHODS Thirty volunteer patients with a diagnosis of unilateral isolated chronic ACL injury for more than one year and a normal contralateral knee were selected. Digital radiographs were produced for all the pat...

This study evaluated the criterion-related validity of the Electronic Head Posture Instrument (EHPI) in measuring the craniovertebral (CV) angle by correlating the measurements of CV angle with anterior head translation (AHT) in lateral cervical radiographs. It also investigated the correlation of AHT and CV angle with the Chinese version of the Northwick Park Questionnaire (NPQ) and Numeric Pa...

We present the results of a double-blind trial comparing the efficacy of a single dose combination of guanethidine 3 % and adrenaline 0 5 % with that of adrenaline 1 % alone in reducing the intraocular pressure of eyes suffering from chronic open-angle glaucoma. The mean fall in ocular tension with the combined therapy was 10-67 mmHg, and with adrenaline 1% 6-31 mmHg, 24 hours after the commenc...

PURPOSE To evaluate circadian intraocular pressure (IOP) profiles in eyes with different types of chronic open-angle glaucoma (COAG) and normal eyes. METHODS This study included 3,561 circadian IOP profiles obtained from 1,408 eyes of 720 Caucasian individuals including glaucoma patients under topical treatment (1,072 eyes) and normal subjects (336 eyes). IOP profiles were obtained by Goldman...

The compliance with treatment of 168 patients with chronic open-angle glaucoma was studied. 42% of the patients missed at least some of their medication. Patients were more likely to miss doses in the middle of the day than in the morning or evening. Two factors found to improve compliance were the knowledge of the name of their eye disease and the possible ill effects of having no treatment. P...

A Prospective hospital based study to note the efficacy of Nd Yag Peripheral Iridotomy (PI) in the treatment of acute primary angle closure glaucoma was carried out in Nepal Eye Hospital from Jan 2007 to Jan 2008. All the Patients (n=50) with acute primary angle closure glaucoma admitted to our hospital were selected for the study. Patients with secondary angle closure glaucoma were excluded. I...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether resting joint angle is indicative of severity of spasticity of the elbow flexors in chronic stroke survivors. METHODS Seventeen hemiparetic stroke subjects (male: n = 13; female: n = 4; age: 37-89 years; 11 right and 6 left hemiplegia; averaged 54.8 months after stroke, ranging 12-107 months) participated in the study. The number of subjects with modified Ashwort...