Gait alterations negotiating a raised surface induced by monocular blur

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1128-1134

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Gait; Monocular blur; Stereopsis

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY; FALLS; GAIT; MONOCULAR BLUR; STEREOPSIS;

BINOCULAR VISION;

AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE DOMINANCE; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TOE; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FALLING; FOOT; GAIT; HIP FRACTURE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FOOT; GAIT; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; WALKING;

EID: 59849084453     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31818e8d2a     Document Type: Article

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