Accommodative training to reduce nearwork-induced transient myopia

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1287-1294

  Vasudevan, Balamurali ^a   Ciuffreda, Kenneth J ^a   Ludlam, Diana P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodative dynamics; Accommodative flipper; Hart chart; Myopia; Nearwork induced transient myopia (NITM)

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATIVE DYNAMICS; ACCOMMODATIVE FLIPPER; HART CHART; MYOPIA; NEARWORK-INDUCED TRANSIENT MYOPIA (NITM);

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; LENSES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ACCOMMODATION; ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENS; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISM; STEADY STATE; TRAINING; VISION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADULT; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENSES; MYOPIA; OPTOMETRY; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449580659     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181bb44cf     Document Type: Article

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