The effect of refractive blur on postural stability

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 528-534

  Anand, Vijay ^a   Buckley, John ^a   Scally, Andy ^a   Elliott, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Postural stability; Refractive blur; Somatosensory system; Spatial frequency; Vestibular system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SENSORY SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VESTIBULE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VESTIBULE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036831307     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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