Corneal Mechanical Thresholds Negatively Associate With Dry Eye and Ocular Pain Symptoms

• Published in: Investigative ophthalmology & visual science Vol. 57; no. 2; pp. 617 - 625
• Main Authors: Spierer, Oriel, Felix, Elizabeth R., McClellan, Allison L., Parel, Jean Marie, Gonzalez, Alex, Feuer, William J., Sarantopoulos, Constantine D., Levitt, Roy C., Ehrmann, Klaus, Galor, Anat
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 01.02.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biomechanical Phenomena; Clinical and Epidemiologic Research; Cornea - physiopathology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dry Eye Syndromes - complications; Dry Eye Syndromes - metabolism; Dry Eye Syndromes - physiopathology; Eye Pain - etiology; Eye Pain - metabolism; Eye Pain - physiopathology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pain Threshold - physiology; Retrospective Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tears - metabolism

To examine associations between corneal mechanical thresholds and metrics of dry eye. This was a cross-sectional study of individuals seen in the Miami Veterans Affairs eye clinic. The evaluation consisted of questionnaires regarding dry eye symptoms and ocular pain, corneal mechanical detection and...