Blink rate decreases with eyelid squint

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 905-911

  Sheedy, James E ^a   Gowrisankaran, Sowjanya ^a   Hayes, John R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenopia; Blink; Dry eye; Electromyography; EMG; Eye strain; Eyelid squint; Orbicularis

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE MOVEMENTS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; VISION;

ASTHENOPIA; BLINK; DRY EYES; EYE STRAIN; EYELID SQUINT; ORBICULARIS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BLINKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRY EYE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EYELID MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRABISMUS; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADULT; BLINKING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELIDS; HUMANS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REFERENCE VALUES; STRABISMUS; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 27644461003     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000181234.63194.a7     Document Type: Article

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