Multicolor imaging compared with red-free fundus photography in the detection of glaucomatous retinal nerve fiber layer thinning.

Background: To compare the ability of multicolor imaging (MCI) with red-free fundus photography (RFP) to detect glaucomatous retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thinning.

Methods: A total of 127 eyes of 79 patients with glaucoma underwent MCI using blue light, RFP, and circumpapillary optical coherence tomography (OCT) scanning on the same day. Angular location and width of the RNFL defects (RNFLDs) identified on the MCI and RFP were independently measured, and compared with those of RNFL thinning indicated by abnormal color codes on OCT.

Flow Characteristics of a Solid-Liquid Non-Newtonian Fluid for Directional Drilling.

As petroleum technology has developed, both slim-hold and directional drillings have developed as well. Although these techniques are currently being utilized in industry, the literature on them is still insufficient. In the present study, the friction coefficient, pressure loss, and particle transport ratio pertaining to these methods are measured.

Treadmill sideways gait training with visual blocking for patients with brain lesions.

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to verify the effect of sideways treadmill training with and without visual blocking on the balance and gait function of patients with brain lesions. [Subjects] Twenty-four stroke and traumatic brain injury subjects participated in this study. They were divided into two groups: an experimental group (12 subjects) and a control group (12 subjects).