Newly Acquired Fear of Falling Leads to Altered Eye Movement Patterns and Reduced Stepping Safety: A Case Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Young, William R ^a   Hollands, Mark A ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE MOVEMENT; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; WALKING;

EID: 84869757733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049765     Document Type: Article

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