Objective measurements of lower-level visual stress

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 620-629

  Nahar, Niru K ^a   Sheedy, James E ^a   Hayes, John ^a   Tai, Yu Chi ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenopia; Blink rate; Electromyography; Eyestrain; Orbicularis oculi

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER DISPLAY; ORBICULARIS; VISUAL DISCOMFORT;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYE CONTROLLED DEVICES; MUSCLE; OPTOMETERS;

VISION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID REFLEX; GLARE; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; VISUAL STRESS;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; BLINKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELIDS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447519958     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3180dc99a8     Document Type: Article

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