Vergence dysfunction in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI): A review

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 456-468

  Thiagarajan, Preethi ^a   Ciuffreda, Kenneth J ^a   Ludlam, Diana P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Acquired brain injury; Eye movements; Oculomotor rehabilitation; Traumatic brain injury; Vergence; Vergence dysfunction; Vision rehabilitation; Vision therapy; Visual system plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BRAIN INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 80051621161     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2011.00831.x     Document Type: Review

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