Patients with central visual field loss adopt a cautious gait strategy during tasks that present a high risk of falling

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4120-4129

  Timmis, Matthew A ^a   Pardhan, Shahina ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOT PLACEMENT; GAIT; HEAD FLEXION; HEEL CLEARANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LEAD LIMB HORIZONTAL VELOCITY; MALE; OBSTACLE CROSSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOE CLEARANCE; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; WALKING DIFFICULTY; ADAPTATION; BINOCULAR VISION; FOLLOW UP; HEMIANOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; WALKING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAIT; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; WALKING;

EID: 84871889385     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9897     Document Type: Article

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