| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
My aim was to measure the distance from the eyes to the text and the angle of the neck when a person with low vision reads and writes. I also investigated the relationships among amblyopia and visual field disturbance, and neck position and pain. Musculoskeletal examination revealed that more than 60% of people with low vision had neck and shoulder pain. Subjects in the field disturbance group who had lost more than half the field of view in both eyes showed significant correlations between decreasing visual acuity value and both distance from eye to text and the degree of postural forward bend of the head and neck toward the desk. However, these relationships were not significant in subjects with partial field disturbance. To provide optimal care and assistive products to people with low vision we need to consider differences in the type of visual impairment.
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