Is optimal vision required for the successful execution of an interceptive task?

Human Movement Science

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-356

  Mann, David L ^a   Ho, Nathan Y ^a   De Souza, Neilsen J ^a   Watson, Damien R ^a   Taylor, Scott J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact lenses; Cricket; Myopia; Sports; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLURRED VISION; BOWLING; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; MYOPIA; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CONTACT LENSES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPORTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34250854577     PISSN: 01679457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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