Effect of cataract surgery on falls and mobility in independently living older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1089-1094

  McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a,b,d   Gewant, Hilary D ^a   Modjarrad, Kayvon ^c,d   Hall, Tyler Andrew ^a   Owsley, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Cataract surgery; Fall; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33745631765     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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