Fear of falling in age-related macular degeneration

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Van Landingham, Suzanne W ^a   Massof, Robert W ^a   Chan, Emilie ^a   Friedman, David S ^a   Ramulu, Pradeep Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Disability; Falls; Fear of falling; Older adults; Physical function; Safety; vision loss; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84892905218     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-14-10     Document Type: Article

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