The effect of Vaccinium uliginosum extract on tablet computer-induced asthenopia: Randomized placebo-controlled study

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Park, Choul Yong ^a   Gu, Namyi ^a   Lim, Chi Yeon ^a   Oh, Jong Hyun ^a   Chang, Minwook ^a   Kim, Martha ^a   Rhee, Moo Yong ^a  

^a Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Asthenopia; Billberry; Computer vision syndrome; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM EXTRACT; ANTIOXIDANT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; BLURRED VISION; BURNING EYE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY EYE; EPIPHORA; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE IRRITATION; EYE STRAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING; SORE EYE; TABLET COMPUTER INDUCED ASTHENOPIA; TIRED EYE; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM ULIGINOSUM; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASTHENOPIA; BLUEBERRY PLANTS; COMPUTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982239359     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12906-016-1283-x     Document Type: Article

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