Increasing negative spherical aberration with soft contact lenses improves high and low contrast visual acuity in young adults

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 593-601

  Rae, Sheila M ^a,b   Allen, Peter M ^a,b   Radhakrishnan, Hema ^b,c   Theagarayan, Baskar ^a,b   Price, Holly C ^a,b   Sailaganathan, Ananth ^a,b   Calver, Richard I ^a,b   O'Leary, Daniel J ^a,b,d  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Myopia; Soft contact lens; Spherical aberration; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; REFRACTION ERROR; SOFT CONTACT LENS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349972942     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2009.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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