Visual impairment and risk of falls and fracture

Injury Prevention

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 259-

  Ivers, R Q ^a   Cumming, R G ^a   Mitchell, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FRACTURE; HUMAN; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 18744387237     PISSN: 13538047     EISSN: 14755785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ip.8.3.259     Document Type: Letter

References (3)

1. Legood R, Scuffham P, Cryer C. Are we blind to injuries in the visually impaired? A review of the literature. Inj Prev 2002;8:155-60.
2. Ivers RQ, Cumming RG, Mitchell P, et al. Risk factors for fractures of the wrist, shoulder and ankle. Osteoporos Int 2002;13:513-18.
3. Ivers RQ, Cumming RG, Mitchell P, et al. Visual risk factors for hip fracture in older people: the Blue Mountains Cohort. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002 (in press).