Walking with visual restrictions in healthy elderly and young adults

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 295-301

  Gallagher, Sean ^a   Lajoie, Yves ^a   Guay, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Falls; Gait; Vision; Visual Restrictions

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PREDICTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL INFORMATION; WALKING;

EID: 0036621485     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800001549     Document Type: Article

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