Predicting components of closed road driving performance from vision tests

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 647-656

  Higgins, Kent E ^a,c   Wood, Joanne M ^b  

^a Arlene R Gordon Research Institute   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Lighthouse International   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Disability Glare Index (DGI); Driving performance; SKILL score; Vision; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HAZARDS; ROADS AND STREETS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISABILITY GLARE INDEX (DGI); DRIVING PERFORMANCE; SKILL SCORE; VISUAL ACUITY;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BINOCULAR VISION; CATARACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CATARACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 24144469729     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000174725.32907.86     Document Type: Article

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