HORIZONTAL PHORIA AS RELATED TO AGE AND SEX

AS PART OF A LARGE-SCALE RESEARCH PROJECT INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN VISION AND DRIVING, OVER 17,000 SUBJECTS, OF BOTH SEXES AND RANGING IN AGE FROM 16 TO 92, WERE ADMINISTERED A DISTANCE PHORIA TEST UTILIZING A MODIFIED THORINGTON APPARATUS AND RED MADDOX ROD. ANALYSIS OF THE RESULTANT DATA REVEALS A SLIGHT BUT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT TREND TOWARD EXOPHORIA WITH INCREASING AGE; HOWEVER, THIS TREND IS NOT A CONSISTENT ONE, AND IS MORE PRONOUNCED FOR WOMEN THAN FOR MEN. THESE FINDINGS ARE DISCUSSED AND COMPARED WITH THE RESULTS OF PREVIOUS STUDIES. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 45, No 6, PP 345-350
• Authors:
  • BURG, A
• Publication Date: 1968-6

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Am J Optom & Archives Am Acad Optom

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Driving; Gender; Vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221093
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 9 1970 12:00AM