What drives adaptive gait changes to acutely presented monocular blur?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 352-354

  Chapman, Graham J ^a   Scally, Andy ^b   Elliott, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptive gait; dioptric blur; elderly; falls; monocular blur; spectacle magnification; step negotiation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE GAIT; DIOPTRIC BLUR; ELDERLY; FALLS; MONOCULAR BLUR; SPECTACLE MAGNIFICATION; STEP NEGOTIATION;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SPHERES;

LENSES;

ADAPTATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79551531720     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31820840dc     Document Type: Article

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