Article
Visual Risk Factors for Falls in Older Adults: A Case-Control Study
2021-08-18
Abstract excerpt
<h4>Background: </h4> Falls are the second leading cause of accidental deaths worldwide mainly in older people. Older people have poor vision and published evidence suggests that it is a risk factor for falls. Less than half of falls clinics assess vision as part of the multi-factorial assessment of older adults at risk of falls despite vision being an essential input for postural stability. The aim of our study w...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 757908d3-c6e3-5082-a6db-4f6806737048
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-760272/v1