Inefficacy of aspheric soft contact lenses for the correction of low levels of astigmatism

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 823-828

  Morgan, Philip B ^a   Efron, Suzanne E ^a   Efron, Nathan ^a   Hill, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aberrations; Aspheric soft contact lens; High contrast visual acuity; Low contrast visual acuity; Pupil size; Spherical soft contact lens

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; VISION AIDS;

ASPHERIC SOFT CONTACT LENS; HIGH-CONTACT VISUAL ACUITY; LOW-CONTACT VISUAL ACUITY; PUPIL SIZE; SPHERICAL SOFT CONTACT LENS;

CONTACT LENSES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS POWER; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUPIL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 25644434413     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000177792.62460.58     Document Type: Article

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