Visual impairment and postural sway among older adults with glaucoma

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 489-497

  Black, Alex A ^a   Wood, Joanne M ^a   Lovie Kitchin, Jan E ^a   Newman, Beth M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Balance; Glaucoma; Postural sway; Visual field

Indexed keywords

AGEING; BALANCE; GLAUCOMA; POSTURAL SWAY; VISUAL FIELD;

BINOCULARS; COHERENT LIGHT; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RISK PERCEPTION; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VISION;

ALDEHYDES;

AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; POSTURE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 48549106022     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31817882db     Document Type: Article

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