Sarah M McGee
Biographic Data
| ID | 6759735 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah M McGee |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah M |
| FAMILY NAME | McGee |
| SIGNATURE | MCGEE S M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jewish Hospital |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8370-7241 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 1 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Visual Acuity, Visual Disabilities and Falling in the Elderly
Poor vision has been suggested as a risk factor for falling in the elderly. We analyzed the findings from a cohort of community-dwelling elderly (N = 875) to determine the relative risks for impaired visual acuity and various visual disabilities with falling, recurrent falling, and serious injurious falls. The prevalences of impaired visual acuity and four visual disabilities were low. None of the vision variables examined predicted time to first…
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Visual Acuity, Visual Disabilities and Falling in the Elderly
Poor vision has been suggested as a risk factor for falling in the elderly. We analyzed the findings from a cohort of community-dwelling elderly (N = 875) to determine the relative risks for impaired visual acuity and various visual disabilities with falling, recurrent falling, and serious injurious falls. The prevalences of impaired visual acuity and four visual disabilities were low. None of the vision variables examined predicted time to first…
Balance (ability (1 work) · Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention (1 work) · Falling (accident (1 work) · Fear of falling (1 work) · Gerontology (1 work) · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention (1 work) · Injury prevention (1 work) · Medical emergency (1 work) · Medicine (1 work) · Ophthalmology (1 work)