The relationship between visual function, duration and main causes of vision loss and falls in older people with low vision

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 527-533

  Lamoureux, Ecosse ^a,b   Gadgil, Sandeep ^a   Pesudovs, Konrad ^c   Keeffe, Jill ^a,b   Fenwick, Eva ^a   Dirani, Mohamed ^a   Salonen, Satu ^a   Rees, Gwyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Falls; Low vision; Older individuals; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77949275081     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-009-1260-x     Document Type: Article

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