Visual Risk Factors for Falls in Older People
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- 1 May 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 49 (5) , 508-515
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49107.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To determine the tests most predictive of falls in community‐dwelling older people from a range of visual screening tests (high and low contrast visual acuity, edge contrast sensitivity, ...Keywords
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