Effect of light filters on reading speed in normal and low vision due to age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Eperjesi, Frank ^a,b   Fowler, Colin W ^a   Evans, Bruce J W ^c,d  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Low Vision Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Optometry   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; CPF450; Intuitive Colorimeter ; Light filters

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BINOCULAR VISION; COLOR; FEMALE; FILTRATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR; FEMALE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; READING; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 1542648873     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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