Vergence in mild traumatic brain injury: A pilot study

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1083-1100

  Szymanowicz, Dora ^a   Ciuffreda, Kenneth J ^a   Thiagarajan, Preethi ^a   Ludlam, Diana P ^a   Green, Wesley ^a   Kapoor, Neera ^b  

^a Departments of Biological and Vision Sciences   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Head injury; Rehabilitation; TBI; Traumatic brain injury; Vergence; Vergence dysfunction; Vision; Vision rehabilitation; Visual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; HEAD INJURIES; TBI; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; VERGENCES; VISION REHABILITATION; VISUAL DYSFUNCTION;

HUMAN REHABILITATION EQUIPMENT; PATIENT REHABILITATION; RESEARCH; VISION;

BRAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNITED STATES; VERGENCE DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84868118890     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2010.07.0129     Document Type: Article

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