The effects of visual acuity on target discrimination and shooting performance

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2009, Pages E1359-E1367

  Hatch, Brian C ^a   Hilber, David J ^a   Elledge, James B ^a   Stout, James W ^a   Lee, Robyn B ^a  

^a US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Firearms; Marksmanship; Military; Military personnel; Occupational status; Occupational vision requirements; Ocular dominance; Performance based; Reference standards; Target discrimination; Target identification; Vision readiness; Visual acuity; Visual angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SOLDIER; SPECTACLES; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

MILITARY PERSONNELS; OCCUPATIONAL VISION; OCULAR DOMINANCE; PERFORMANCE BASED; REFERENCE STANDARD; TARGET DISCRIMINATION; TARGET IDENTIFICATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ANGLE;

PERSONNEL; STANDARDS; VISION;

TARGETS;

EID: 74549179081     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: 15389235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e3181be9740     Document Type: Article

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