Age-related eye disease and mobility limitations in older adults

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 7168-7174

  Popescu, Mihaela L ^a   Boisjoly, Hélène ^a,b   Schmaltz, Heidi ^c   Kergoat, Marie Jeanne ^d   Rousseau, Jacqueline ^d   Moghadaszadeh, Solmaz ^a   Djafari, Fawzia ^a,b   Freeman, Ellen E ^a,b  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIMED GET UP AND GO TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; WALKING DIFFICULTY; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 80155198949     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7564     Document Type: Review

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