Archive for June, 2009

Tear Film Integrators 3/3

Saturday, June 27th, 2009

Optox’s mission is to improve visual health thanks to the help from visual professionals who daily dedicate themselves to eyecare.
Optox, in particular, well knows how important the health of the eyes is for the quality of vision; this is the reason why it supports the optician/optometrist who can and must try to prevent problems which could become serious, like dry eyes.
To this aim, Optox put at opticians/optometrists’ disposal a series of integrators for the tear film by adding 0,15% hypromellose, 0,15% to 30% sodium hyaluronate, Ginkgo Biloba and phospholipids.
They come in 10 ml multidose packings, 0,35 ml monodose phials and 10 ml evaporators.
By instilling some drops of these solutions into the eye, according to one’s need, the visual professional will be able to solve many of his customers’ troubles, not missing the opportunity to make him more satisfied.

Found in P.O. Professional Optometry, August 2008

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Visual Performance in Sports Activities 8/14

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Performance, sport and eyewearAt the Junior Olimpics, Beckerman and Hitzeman (2001) found out that the percentage of visual defects among sportspeople exceeds the one among the general population.
It seems thus surprising that 50% of the athletes participating at 1994 Olympic Games in Lillehammer had not ever undergone a visual test (Roncagli, 1994). It emerges from the same research that 15,7 % of the examined athletes made use of contact lenses, whereas 19,5 % wore glasses. On the other hand, while 94% of lenses wearers kept on using them even during sports activities (compared to the 80% in the 80s, Lieblein 1986), only 3% of glasses wearers did so.
According to Bowden and Harkenett (2006), sport is the second reason why people wear contact lenses. Contact lenses seem to be more comfortable -and, as a consequence, more used- than glasses during sports activities. Already in 1980, in the USA, 20% of the National Football League, the National Basket Association and the Professional Baseball Teams players wore contact lenses (Sherman, 1980).
To achieve a good motor performance, there must be an appropriate visual performance made up of several visual abilities. One of the most debated points among vision-on-sport experts is how much these abilities may be improved through specific visual training exercises and, later, which consequence this may have on sports performance. Although sure evidence for the matter has not been produced yet, (Hitzeman e Beckerman, 1993), the belief in the possibility of improving already-existing visual abilities is one of the main driving force in the sport vision field.

Edited by Fabrizio Zeri, source: P.O. Professional Optometry, August 2008

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License Agreement between John Galliano and Marcolin

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Marcolin Group, one of the eyewear international leaders, and Les Jardins d’Avron S.A., which manufactures and distributes John Galliano products, announced the signature of an exclusive license agreement for the production and international distribution of John Galliano sunglasses and ophthalmic frames, both male and female.
The license agreement, which has a duration of 5 years and can be renewed for 2 years, will be effective from the 1st September 2009.
The first John Galliano Eyewear collection will be presented in autumn 2009. The line distribution will be selective and reserved to the most prestigious Optical and Department Store, besides John Galliano boutiques. John Galliano maintained: “Eyewear is an essential accessory to affirm one’s own style, both on the catwalk and outside it, and I am glad to have the opportunity to give eyewear a ‘Galliano’ mark. I am enthusiastic about working with Marcolin and introducing eyewear among the range of Galliano products. I am looking forward to putting into practice ‘A New vision in vision!’”

Found in P.O. Professional Optometry, August 2008

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Modern Top Gun 2/2

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Modern TopGun

NIKE

Really captivating. A model from which all the brand’s sportiveness comes out. Totally in opaque metal, it has a little more rounded lens than the classic “tear-drop” and, for this reason, a more enveloping shape.

GFF FERRE’

A linear unisex model, available in a range of colors. What makes it different from the traditional one is the original fastening of the lenses directly on the front.

WEB

Different in structure, but not in shape. In acetate around the lenses and temples, it is enriched by golden metal inserts and plays with colors: neutral for the frame and warm brown for the lenses. Its style reminds of a modern Lawrence d’Arabia.

TOLOMEO DI EXALT CYCLE BY VIDIVICI

A slight, extremely moderate tear-drop, with perfect wearability and measures fitting everybody, men and women.

ICEBERG

Unisex aviator model, in a light metal which ensures wearability and strength. Iceberg logo spreads on both temples. Polycarbonate lenses come in a wide range of colors, from gray to gold, while metal colors vary from white to pink or green, till classic black, gold or palladium.

ROMEO GIGLI

It departs a little from the maison’s elegant tradition, but it is still a beautiful glasses! This tear-drop sunglasses is eccentric and elegant at the same time. Totally in metal, with bridge and terminals in acetate and lenses fastened on the front.

VIVIENNE WESTWOOD

Trés chic! Gold for precious women who want to transmit a subliminal message of love: ”kiss me”, placed on the lens. Pleasantly transgressive!

Found in B2eyes magazine, May 2007

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Visual Performance in Sports Activities 7/14

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Eyewear for sports activities

One of the few points most of the experts agree on is that athletes’ peripheral vision is better than non athletes’ one (Gregg, 1987; Roncagli, 1990; Erickson, 2007).
All the visual abilities discussed up to now as really important to sports performances, must deal with the eventual presence of a visual defect.
The importance of correcting visual defects is so evident that if we ask those who work in the sports field (coaches, sports doctors, physical education teachers, students from the University Institute of Motor Sciences) whether they judge it important to correct a visual defect during physical activities, we will obtain a positive reply, irrespective of the sports people age (Zeri, 2007).
Obviously, if visual defects are not corrected, some abilities risk to get worse, such as static and dynamic visual acuity, sensitivity to contrast and the possibility of an efficient binocularity. On the other hand, the optical correction itself -and prescription glasses in particular- can have a negative effect on visual abilities, producing retinal images of different dimensions in the eyes (symmetric or asymmetric in case of anisometropia and antiametropia) and prismatic effects for fixations out of the visual axis (Rossetti, 2006).
Considered the negative effect of the visual defects on motor performance, it would be logical to think their presence minor in athletes than in non-athletes. Actually, this seems to be untrue.

Edited by Fabrizio Zeri, source: P.O. Professional Optometry, August 2008

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