Visual activity and its association with myopia stabilisation

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 353-361

  Scheiman, Mitchell ^a   Zhang, Qinghua ^b   Gwiazda, Jane ^c   Hyman, Leslie ^b   Harb, Elise ^c   Weissberg, Erik ^c   Weise, Katherine K ^d   Dias, Lynette ^b  

^a SALUS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Myopia; Nearwork; Outdoor activity; Visual activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; NEARWORK; OUTDOOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPECTACLES; SPORT; VISUAL ACTIVITY; WORK;

MYOPIA; NEARWORK; OUTDOOR ACTIVITY; VISUAL ACTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; SPORTS; WORK;

EID: 84899490997     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opo.12111     Document Type: Article

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