On the relationship between lens stiffness and accommodative amplitude

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 602-607

  Weeber, Henk A ^a   van der Heijde, Rob G L ^b  

^a AMO Groningen BV   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

accommodation; aging; lens biomechanics; presbyopia; stiffness

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HARD CONTACT LENS; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 35448980724     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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