The effects of monocular refractive blur on gait parameters when negotiating a raised surface

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-142

  Vale, Anna ^a   Scally, Andy ^a   Buckley, John G ^a   Elliott, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive gait; Blur; Falls; Monovision; Ocular dominance; Stereoacuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BLURRED VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EYE DOMINANCE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GAIT; HUMANS; POSTURE; PRESBYOPIA; TOES; VIDEO RECORDING; VISION DISPARITY; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 40749120275     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2008.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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