Accommodative and Vergence Dysfunctions in mTBI: Treatment Effects and Systems Correlations.
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a global, diffuse type of injury, which results in a constellation of visual dysfunctions. The extensive neural network of the oculomotor system makes it highly vulnerable following a TBI, hence the high prevalence of signs and symptoms related to accommod...
| Publicado en: | Optometry & Visual Performance Vol. 2; no. 6; pp. 280 - 289 |
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Optometric Extension Program
Dec2014
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