Visual impairment and mental health: unmet needs and treatment options

DL Demmin, SM Silverstein - Clinical ophthalmology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose An estimated 2.2 billion people are visually impaired worldwide. Given that age-
related vision loss is a primary cause of vision impairment, this number is projected to rise …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotective strategies for retinal disease

MT Pardue, RS Allen - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2018 - Elsevier
Diseases that affect the eye, including photoreceptor degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and
glaucoma, affect 11.8 million people in the US, resulting in vision loss and blindness. Loss of …

A smartphone-based mobility assistant using depth imaging for visually impaired and blind

AR See, BG Sasing, WD Advincula - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The means of assisting visually impaired and blind (VIB) people when travelling usually
relies on other people. Assistive devices have been developed to assist in blind navigation …

Lipid-based nanocarriers for ocular drug delivery: An updated review

B Das, AK Nayak, S Mallick - Journal of Drug Delivery Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed a boom in ocular nanomedicine research with a number of
lipid-based nanocarriers such as liposomes, niosomes, cubosomes, nanoemulsions, solid …

The impact of COVID-19 on the everyday life of blind and sighted individuals

M Gori, G Bertonati, E Mazzoni, E Freddi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic caused unexpected and unavoidable changes in daily life
worldwide. Governments and communities found ways to mitigate the impact of these …

Seeway: Vision-language assistive navigation for the visually impaired

Z Yang, L Yang, L Kong, A Wei… - … on Systems, Man …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Assistive navigation for blind or visually impaired (BVI) individuals is of significance to
extend their mobility and safety in traveling, enhancing their employment opportunities and …

Psychological well-being and quality of life in visually impaired baseball players: An Italian national survey

D Mirandola, M Monaci, G Miccinesi, A Vannuzzi… - PLoS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Italian baseball played by visually impaired and blind athletes is an adapted team sport
which maintains the peculiar fast-moving features of this popular sport. It is also a mixed …

Impact of vision on generic health‐related quality of life–A systematic review

P Purola, S Koskinen, H Uusitalo - Acta Ophthalmologica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the study was to provide an overview on the relation between vision and generic
health‐related quality of life (HRQoL) in general populations worldwide. We conducted a …

A Review of 3D Printing by Robocasting and Stereolithography for Cartilage and Ocular Tissue Regeneration

R Álvarez-Chimal, FC Vázquez-Vázquez… - Biomedical Materials & …, 2024 - Springer
The advent of 3D printing technologies has led to a new era in tissue regeneration, offering
unparalleled precision and versatility in fabricating scaffolds for various biomedical …

Age‐related cataract and 10‐year mortality: the Liwan Eye Study

Z Zhu, L Wang, J Scheetz, M He - Acta Ophthalmologica, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To explore the association between age‐related cataract and 10‐year mortality in
an adult population in urban China. Methods A total of 1405 participants aged 50 years or …