Visual function, visual attention, and mobility performance in low vision

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1049-1056

  Leat, Susan J ^a   Lovie Kitchin, Jan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Low vision; UFOV; Useful field of view; Useful field of vision; Visual attention; Visual fields; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; LOW VISION; UFOV; USEFUL FIELD OF VIEW; USEFUL FIELD OF VISION; VISUAL ATTENTION; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ERRORS;

VISION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; ORIENTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING SPEED; AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; TIME; WALKING; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; ORIENTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59249097792     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31818b949d     Document Type: Article

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