Lighting and perceptual cues: Effects on gait measures of older adults at high and low risk for falls

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Figueiro, Mariana G ^a   Plitnick, Barbara ^a   Rea, Mary S ^b   Gras, Laura Z ^b   Rea, Mark S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Russell Sage College   (United States)

Author keywords

and falls risk; Lighting; perceptual cues

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LIGHTING; POSTURAL BALANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WALKING;

EID: 80052029348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-49     Document Type: Article

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