The effect of colored lenses on the visual evoked response in children with visual stress

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 299-305

  Riddell, Patricia M ^a   Wilkins, A ^b   Hainline, Louise ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenopia; Colored lenses; Meares Irlen syndrome; Migraine; Visual evoked potentials; Visual stress

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; COLORIMETERS; EYE PROTECTION; EYEGLASSES; PATIENT MONITORING; SENSORY PERCEPTION; VISION;

ASTHENOPIA; COLORED LENSES; MEARES-IRLEN SYNDROME; MIGRAINE; VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIALS; VISUAL STRESS;

LENSES;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; COLORED LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRAINE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECTACLES; STEADY STATE; SYMPTOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHENOPIA; CHILD; COLOR; CONTACT LENSES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 33744503147     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000216125.83236.af     Document Type: Article

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