Aberration control and vision training as an effective means of improving accommodation in individuals with myopia

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5120-5129

  Allen, Peter M ^a,b   Radhakrishnan, Hema ^b,c   Rae, Sheila ^a,b   Calver, Richard I ^a,b   Theagarayan, Baskar Pitty ^a,b   Nelson, Paul ^d   Osuobeni, Ebi ^a,b   Sailoganathan, Ananth ^a,b   Price, Holly ^a,b   O'Leary, Daniel J ^a,b,e  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d Prism Training Consultancy Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VELOCITY; VISION;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; EXERCISE MOVEMENT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957924235     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2865     Document Type: Article

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