Asthenopia in schoolchildren, orthoptic and ophthalmological findings and treatment

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 65-72

  Abdi, Saber ^a   Rydberg, Agneta ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Asthenopia; Convergence; Heterophoria and refractive errors

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; ASTIGMATISM; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT STRABISMUS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIVERGENT STRABISMUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; ORTHOPTICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING; SPECTACLES; STRABISMUS; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ASTHENOPIA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EYE MOVEMENTS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33644753084     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10633-005-4722-4     Document Type: Article

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