Critical flicker frequency and related symptoms in mild traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1055-1062

  Chang, Tina Ting Li ^a   Ciuffreda, Kenneth Joseph ^a   Kapoor, Neera ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical flicker frequency; Light sensitivity; Mild brain injury; Motion sensitivity; Temporal processing; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA FOVEA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

EID: 34748846331     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050701591437     Document Type: Article

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