Stepping up to a new level: Effects of blurring vision in the elderly

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 2122-2128

  Heasley, Karen ^a   Buckley, John G ^a   Scally, Andy ^a   Twigg, Pete ^a   Elliott, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMICS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; FORCE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MASS; MOTION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; CATARACT; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; VIDEO RECORDING; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 3142653572     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-1199     Document Type: Article

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