frame (frām) a rigid structure for giving support to or for immobilizing a part.
Balkan frame an apparatus for continuous extension in treatment of fractures of the femur, consisting of an overhead bar, with pulleys attached, by which the leg is supported in a sling.
Bradford frame a canvas-covered, rectangular frame of pipe; used as a bed frame in disease of the spine or thigh.
quadriplegic standing frame a device for supporting in the upright position a patient whose four limbs are paralyzed.
Stryker frame one consisting of canvas stretched on anterior and posterior frames, on which the patient can be rotated around their longitudinal axis.
trial frame an eyeglass frame designed to permit insertion of different lenses used in correcting refractive errors of vision.
| trial frame n. An adjustable frame that holds trial lenses used during retinoscopy or refraction tests on the eye. |
trial frame
Spectacle frame with variable adjustments for interpupillary distance, side length, etc. in which each lens rim is fitted with a number of cells into which trial lenses can be placed when testing vision (Fig. T18). See phoropter; Simultantest.
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Fig. T18 Trial frame
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