Visual and flight performance recovery after PRK or LASIK in helicopter pilots

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 547-553

  Van De Pol, Corina ^a   Greig, Joanna L ^a   Estrada, Art ^a   Bissette, Gina M ^a   Bower, Kraig S ^a   Hemphill, Diana ^a  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Helicopter flight performance; Laser in situ keratomileusis; Low contrast acuity; Military; Photorefractive keratectomy; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARMY; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIMULATOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; AIRCRAFT; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGHT BLINDNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

BUTEOGALLUS;

EID: 34249884282     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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