Head movements while crossing streets: Effect of vision impairment

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-26

  Hassan, Shirin E ^a,b,c   Geruschat, Duane R ^a,b   Turano, Kathleen A ^b  

^a Maryland School for the Blind   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Lions Vision Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Head movements; Pedestrian; Safety; Street crossing; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; INTERSECTIONS; ROADS AND STREETS;

GLAUCOMA; HEAD MOVEMENTS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEDESTRIANS;

VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PEDESTRIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SAFETY; STREET CROSSING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VISION DISORDERS; WALKING;

EID: 12444311692     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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