Mobility performance of low-vision adults using an electronic mobility aid

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-17

  Jones, Tim ^a   Troscianko, To M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic mobility aids; Low vision; Mobility; Preferred walking speed; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; DEPENDENT AMBULATION; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33645453580     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00004.x     Document Type: Article

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