A longitudinal study of vergence adaptation in incipient presbyopia

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 507-511

  Baker, Fiona J ^a   Gilmartin, Bernard ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Presbyopia; Prism; Vergence adaptation

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; VISION TEST; VISUAL ADAPTATION; ACCOMMODATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYOPIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542440036     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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