Vision- and health-related quality of life before and after vision restoration training in cerebrally damaged patients

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 341-353

  Gall, Carolin ^a,b   Mueller, Iris ^b   Gudlin, Julia ^b   Lindig, Anja ^b   Schlueter, Dorothee ^c   Jobke, Sandra ^b   Franke, Gabriele H ^d   Sabel, Bernhard A ^b  

^a Institute of Medical Technology   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c NovaVision AG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES MAGDEBURG STENDAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

National Eye Institute Visual Function Questionnaire (NEI VFQ); Quality of life; Visual field defect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAINING; VISION; VISION RESTORATION TRAINING; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 57149097448     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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