Compensatory viewing training improves practical fitness to drive of subjects with impaired vision

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-27

  Kooijman, Aart ^a,c,d   Brouwer, Wiebo ^a   Coeckelbergh, Tanja ^a,e   Tant, Mark ^a,f   Cornelissen, Frans ^a   Bredewoud, Ruud ^b   Melis Dankers, Bart ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Bureau of Driving Skills Certificates (CBR)   (Netherlands)

^c Visio National Foundation for the Blind   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^f Belgian Road Safety Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

brain injury; compensation; Driving; field defects; retinal degeneration; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961739938     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350390486965     Document Type: Article

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