Visual performance with sport-tinted contact lenses in natural sunlight

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 509-516

  Erickson, Graham B ^a   Horn, Fraser C ^a   Barney, Tyler ^b   Pexton, Brett ^b   Baird, Richard Y ^b  

^a PACIFIC UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Accommodative facility; Contact lenses; Contrast sensitivity; Filters; Natural sunlight; Visual performance

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATIVE FACILITY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FILTERS; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; VISUAL PERFORMANCE;

AMBER; CONTACT LENSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; TARGETS; TRANSPARENCY;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BRIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARK ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; LIGHT REFRACTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SPECTACLES; SUNLIGHT; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SPORTS; SUNLIGHT; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651162165     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31819f9aa2     Document Type: Article

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