PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 244-253 , April 2010

Identification of Binocular Vision Dysfunction (Vertical Heterophoria) in Traumatic Brain Injury Patients and Effects of Individualized Prismatic Spectacle Lenses in the Treatment of Postconcussive Symptoms: A Retrospective Analysis

  • Jennifer E. Doble, MD

      Affiliations

    • St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI; and Special Tree Rehabilitation Systems, Romulus, MI⁎
    • ,
  • Debby L. Feinberg, OD

      Affiliations

    • Vision Specialists of Birmingham, Birmingham, MI†
    • ,
  • Mark S. Rosner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI‡
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: M.S.R.
    • ,
  • Arthur J. Rosner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, William Beaumont Hospital, Troy, MI§

Received 10 July 2009 ,Accepted 16 January 2010.

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PII: S1934-1482(10)00030-4

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.01.011

PM&R
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 244-253 , April 2010

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