Multifocal spectacles increase variability in toe clearance and risk of tripping in the elderly

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1466-1471

  Johnson, Louise ^a   Buckley, John G ^a   Scally, Andy J ^a   Elliott, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; VISION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GAIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTION ERROR; TOE; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; TOES; WALKING;

EID: 34248396389     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0586     Document Type: Article

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