Visual risk factors for falls in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 508-515

  Lord, Stephen R ^a   Dayhew, Julia ^a  

^a NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Contrast sensitivity; Depth perception; Older; Vision; Visual acuity; Visual field loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0035009846     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49107.x     Document Type: Article

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