Effects of a head-mounted display on the oculomotor system of children

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 845-856

  Kozulin, Peter ^a   Ames, Shelly L ^a   McBrien, Neville A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ergonomics; Head mounted displays; Oculomotor system; Symptoms; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYS; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEMS; SHORT TERM; SYMPTOMS; TIME POINTS; VIRTUAL IMAGERY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEMS;

BINOCULARS; ERGONOMICS; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; TELEVISION BROADCASTING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DIGITAL TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULOMOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEVISION; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DATA DISPLAY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MALE; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRABISMUS; TELEVISION; TIME FACTORS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67651031277     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181adff42     Document Type: Article

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