Eyelid squint response to asthenopia-inducing conditions

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 611-619

  Gowrisankaran, Sowjanya ^a   Sheedy, James E ^a   Hayes, John R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthenopia; Eyelid squint; Eyestrain; Orbicularis oculi; Surface electromyography

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOPIA; EYESTRAIN; ORBICULARIS OCULI; SURFACE ELECTROMYOGRAPHY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; OPTOMETERS;

VISION;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY EYE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELID; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; GAZE; GLARE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRABISMUS; VIDEORECORDING; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; BLINKING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34447523545     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3180dc99be     Document Type: Article

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