Use of single-vision eyeglasses improves stepping precision and safety when elderly habitual multifocal wearers negotiate a raised surface [11]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 178-180

  Johnson, Louise ^a   Buckley, John G ^a   Harley, Clare ^a   Elliott, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; ACCOMMODATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIFOCAL LENS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; LOCOMOTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MULTIFOCAL LENS; SAFETY; SINGLE DISTANCE LENS; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL DISORDER; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 37749015919     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01485.x     Document Type: Letter

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