Treatment of accommodative and nonstrabismic binocular dysfunctions: A systematic review

Optometry

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 702-716

  Martínez, Pilar Cacho ^a   Muñoz, Ángel García ^a   Ruiz Cantero, María Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Accommodative disorders; Binocular disorders; Convergence insufficiency; Ocular; Treatment; Vision; Vision therapy

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BINOCULAR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 71649096430     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2009.06.011     Document Type: Review

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