Reading aids for adults with low vision

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Virgili, Gianni ^a   Acosta, Ruthy ^b   Grover, Lori L ^c   Bentley, Sharon A ^d   Giacomelli, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW VISION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; READING; READING AID; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; META ANALYSIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SENSORY AID; SPECTACLES; STANDARD; COMPLICATION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; STANDARDS; VISION, LOW;

ADULT; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; LENSES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OPTICAL DEVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; READING; SENSORY AIDS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84899467098     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003303.pub3     Document Type: Review

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