Chronic visual dysfunction after blast-induced mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-80

  Magone, M Teresa ^a   Kwon, Ellen ^a   Shin, Soo Y ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodative insufficiency; Blast induced traumatic brain injury; Combat related traumatic brain injury; Convergence insufficiency; Dismounted injury; Eyes; Loss of consciousness; Mild traumatic brain injury; Near vision deficit; Photophobia; Traumatic brain injury; Visual dysfunction

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR VISION;

ACCOMMODATIVE INSUFFICIENCY; CONVERGENCE INSUFFICIENCY; DISMOUNTED INJURY; EYES; LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS; MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; NEAR VISION DEFICIT; PHOTOPHOBIA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES; VISUAL DYSFUNCTIONS;

BRAIN;

AMLODIPINE; CYCLOBENZAPRINE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN; MECLOZINE; MELOXICAM; METHOCARBAMOL; NAPROXEN; NORTRIPTYLINE; PRAZOSIN; QUETIAPINE; SERTRALINE; TRAMADOL; VARDENAFIL;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BLAST INDUCED MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BLAST INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIPLOPIA; DRUG USE; DYSLEXIA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTION SICKNESS; MUSCLE SPASM; PAIN; PHOTOPHOBIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITREOUS FLOATERS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXPLOSION; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; SOLDIER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; VISION DISORDERS; WAR;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CAUSALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EXPLOSIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PHOTOPHOBIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84899140648     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 19381352     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2013.01.0008     Document Type: Article

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