Short-wavelength light-blocking eyeglasses attenuate symptoms of eye fatigue

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 442-447

  Lin, Jonathan B ^a   Gerratt, Blair W ^b   Bassi, Carl J ^b   Apte, Rajendra S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue light; CVS; Eye fatigue; Eye strain; VDT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEST CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CLEAR LENS EYEGLASSES; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; EYE DISEASE; EYE DISEASE ASSESSMENT; EYE FATIGUE; EYE HEAVINESS; EYE PAIN; EYE PROTECTION; EYE STRAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCULAR PRURITUS; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT WAVELENGTH BLOCKING EYEGLASSES; SPECTACLES; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASTHENOPIA; COMPUTER TERMINALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010867843     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.16-20663     Document Type: Article

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