Nearpoint of convergence: Test procedure, target selection, and normative data

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 214-225

  Scheiman, Mitchell ^a   Gallaway, Michael ^a   Frantz, Kelly A ^b   Peters, Robert J ^c   Hatch, Stanley ^d   Cuff, Madalyn ^e   Mitchell, G Lynn ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binocular vision testing; Convergence insufficiency; Nearpoint of convergence

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR VISION; OPTICAL GLASS; OPTICAL TESTING;

PENLIGHT;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEARPOINT OF CONVERGENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 0037343720     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200303000-00011     Document Type: Article

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