Eye-movement training for reading in patients with age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2886-2896

  Seiple, William ^a,b   Szlyk, Janet P ^b,c   McMahon, Timothy ^b   Pulido, Jose ^b   Fishman, Gerald A ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EXERCISE THERAPY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; READING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 24644431582     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1296     Document Type: Article

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