Visual impairment, uncorrected refractive error, and objectively measured balance in the united states

JAMA Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1049-1056

  Willis, Jeffrey R ^a   Vitale, Susan E ^a,b   Agrawal, Yuri ^a   Ramulu, Pradeep Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; REFRACTION ERROR; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNCORRECTED REFRACTIVE ERROR; UNITED STATES; VESTIBULOOCULAR REFLEX; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REFLEX, VESTIBULO-OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84881627930     PISSN: 21686165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.316     Document Type: Article

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