The effects of varying examiner position on alternating cover test results

Optometry

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 233-239

  Clark, T Eugene ^a   Reynolds, William ^a   Coffey, Bradley ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Examiner position; Heterophoria; Objective alternating cover test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; POSTURE; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 0038749507     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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