Reproducibility of nearwork-induced transient myopia measurements using the WAM-5500 autorefractor in its dynamic mode

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 250, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1477-1483

  Lin, Zhong ^a   Vasudevan, Balamurali ^b   Zhang, Yi Cao ^c   Qiao, Li Ya ^a   Liang, Yuan Bo ^a,d   Wang, Ning Li ^a   Ciuffreda, Kenneth J ^e  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Anyang Eye Hospital   (China)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Myopia progression; Near work induced transient myopia; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREFRACTOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; NEARWORK INDUCED TRANSIENT MYOPIA MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISUAL ACUITY; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867696458     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: 1435702X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-012-1986-8     Document Type: Article

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