Visual acuity and contrast sensitivity testing for sports vision

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 153-159

  Zimmerman, Aaron B ^a   Lust, Kimberly L ^a   Bullimore, Mark A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Dynamic visual acuity; Vision of athletes; Vision training; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONTACT LENS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; GLARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPORT; VISION TEST;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; SPORTS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79960091438     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: 1542233X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e31820d12f4     Document Type: Review

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