Use of prisms for navigation and driving in hemianopic patients

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-135

  Szlyk, Janet P ^a,b   Seiple, William ^a,b,c   Stelmack, Joan ^a,b,d   McMahon, Timothy ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Devices; Driving; Follow up; Hemianopsia; Low vision; Prisms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRIVING ABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HOMONYMOUS HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LENS; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL MEMORY; CAR DRIVING; HEMIANOPIA; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPECTACLES; VISION TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; EYEGLASSES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOPHYSICS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 21244479307     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2004.00265.x     Document Type: Article

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