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Patient-reported vision impairment in low luminance predicts multiple falls

BACKGROUND: Visual impairment is an independent risk factor for falling. Whether this extends to patient-reported visual difficulties has not been assessed to date. We have evaluated whether patient-reported visual difficulties in low-contrast and low luminance situations are a risk factor for falls...

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Autores principales: Terheyden, Jan Henrik, Gerhards, Johanna, Ost, Reglind A. D., Wintergerst, Maximilian W. M., Holz, Frank G., Finger, Robert P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10515075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37735629
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04317-y