The effect of retinal defocus on golf putting

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-344

  Bulson, Ryan C ^a   Ciuffreda, Kenneth J ^a   Hung, George K ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blur adaptation; Eye movements; Golf; Motor learning; Retinal defocus; Sports vision

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BLURRED VISION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SPORT; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; GOLF; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; OPTOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETINA; SOFTWARE; SPORTS EQUIPMENT;

EID: 45349101187     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2008.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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