Does the level of physical activity in university students influence development and progression of myopia?-A 2-year prospective cohort study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1322-1327

  Jacobsen, Nina ^a   Jensen, Hanne ^a,b   Goldschmidt, Ernst ^c  

^a National Eye Clinic for the Visually Impaired Denmark   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Danish Institute for Myopia Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLIT LAMP; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VISUAL ACUITY; CAUCASIAN; DENMARK; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EYE REFRACTION; INTERFEROMETRY; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; DENMARK; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNIVERSITIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45549110078     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1144     Document Type: Article

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