PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - B E Damato
TI  - Oculokinetic perimetry: a simple visual field test for use in the community.
AID  - 10.1136/bjo.69.12.927
DP  - 1985 Dec 01
TA  - British Journal of Ophthalmology
PG  - 927--931
VI  - 69
IP  - 12
4099  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/69/12/927.short
4100  - http://bjo.bmj.com/content/69/12/927.full
SO  - Br J Ophthalmol1985 Dec 01; 69
AB  - A method of visual field examination is described which enables an unsupervised person to carry out self-assessment using only a paper test chart, a record sheet, and a pencil. It is entitled 'oculokinetic perimetry' because it is the subject's eye that moves and not the test target. By providing non-ophthalmic health care workers with a simple means of performing perimetry in the community, and by allowing susceptible people to carry out self-assessment of the visual fields at home, this test should facilitate the detection and management of glaucoma, especially in underdeveloped countries.